Show/Hide object in current viewport

[suribalu]

It would be a great help if there is a way to show or hide a specific object (not the layer it is sitting in) in a specified viewport without affecting its visibility in model space or other viewports.
I came across a .vlx file from www.cadstudio.cz/dl./hideshow.vlx that does the job of showing or hiding an object in model space( and hence in all viewports).

If someone got a lisp routine for object display just affecting the current viewport, it'll be real help.

Thanks,
Suribalu

[Organic]

What sort of 'object'?

I would just make another layer for it and viewport freeze that.

[suribalu]

Thanks for the reply mate. Object is any autocad shape. Say, I have 15 leaders in a layer and I want to show only few of them in a given viewport. In another viewport I may be showing all 15. I'm constrained in creating more layers because I'm working on my company template which has been there for long and I just can't create new layers on my own.

[Organic]

I'm constrained in creating more layers because I'm working on my company template which has been there for long and I just can't create new layers on my own.

That sounds like a bigger problem

So long as layers are created reasonably and logically (i.e. not numbering all your layers 0 to 400 as I was sent a drawing once...) there should be no issue with creating as many as you need really.

[designerstuart]

yes i can see a lisp for doing this doing something like:
select objects
create new layer called "vpfrozen"
move objects to new leyer
vpfreeze layer in current viewport
which is no good for a business that doesn't trust its CAD users!

[CADguy209]

You could try putting the leaders in paperspace and avoid the viewport visibilty issue altogether.