Macro SelectVisible

Description

All visible objects in the tree and only these will be selected.

# This code is copied instead of the original macro code
# to guide the user to the online download page.
# Use it if the code of the macro is larger than 64 KB and cannot be included in the wiki
# or if the RAW code URL is somewhere else in the wiki.

from PySide import QtGui, QtCore

diag = QtGui.QMessageBox(QtGui.QMessageBox.Information,
    "Information",
    "This macro must be downloaded from this link\n"
    "\n"
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-macros/master/Utility/SelectVisible.FCMacro" + "\n"
    "\n"
    "Quit this window to access the download page")

diag.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
diag.setWindowModality(QtCore.Qt.ApplicationModal)
diag.exec_()

import webbrowser 
webbrowser.open("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-macros/master/Utility/SelectVisible.FCMacro")

Usage

Copy the macro in your macros' folder and run (see How to install macros for further details).

Script

The latest version of the macro is to be found at https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-macros/blob/master/Utility/SelectVisible.FCMacro

ToolBar Icon

Macro_Select.FCMacro

# FreeCAD Macro SelectVisible

__Name__ = 'Select Visible'
__Comment__ = 'All visible objects in the tree will be selected'
__Web__ = 'http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Macro_SelectVisible'
__Wiki__ = 'http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Macro_SelectVisible'
__Icon__ = 'https://wiki.freecad.org/images/5/51/SelectVisible.png'
__Help__ = 'All visible objects in the tree and only these will be selected'
__Author__ = 'galou_breizh'
__Version__ = '1.0'
__Status__ = 'Production'
__Requires__ = ''

import FreeCAD as App
import FreeCADGui as Gui

doc = App.activeDocument()

if not doc:
    App.Console.PrintWarning('SelectVisible: no active document')
else:
    Gui.Selection.clearSelection()
    for o in doc.Objects:
        if o.ViewObject.Visibility:
            Gui.Selection.addSelection(o)