Hide/unhide node guides in the viewport

[Farmfield 329]

Tried asking this in the SESI forums but no solution so far, so I'll try here too then.

Is there a shortcut for hiding/unhiding the node guides in the viewport? If not, how do I create one?

And I'm talking about the guides, not the handles, like with the copy SOP, etc... And yes, I know I can disable them in the display options, but I would really like a hotkey so I can just pop them on/off when I need to - like you can in most other comp and 3D apps...

[galagast 166]

Are you able to post a screenshot of the "guides" you are referring to?

[Farmfield 329]

LOL, you missed them?

Here's the copy SOP...

[Guest tar]

uncheck 'Current geometry' then just select another node. Not as convenient as a hotkey but is fast.

 

[MrScienceOfficer 53]

import toolutils

scene_viewer = toolutils.sceneViewer()
viewport_settings = scene_viewer.curViewport().settings()

toggle = not viewport_settings.guideEnabled( hou.viewportGuide.NodeGuides )
viewport_settings.enableGuide( hou.viewportGuide.NodeGuides, toggle )

This should work.

[galagast 166]

12 hours ago, Farmfield said:

LOL, you missed them?

Ahaha, just making sure

By the way, Tom's script works!

[galagast 166]

This one will toggle the guides for all visible Scene Viewers:

panes = hou.ui.currentPaneTabs()
for p in panes:
    if p.type().name() == 'SceneViewer':
        guide = hou.viewportGuide.NodeGuides
        val = p.curViewport().settings().guideEnabled(guide)
        p.curViewport().settings().enableGuide(guide, not val)

Thanks again to Tom, for the general code to toggle the guides.

The documentation currently seems to incorrectly list guideEnabled as enableGudie (notice two entries of enableGuide in GeometryViewportSettings). RFE'd!
H16.0.550

Edited March 22, 2017 by galagast
added link to docs

[Farmfield 329]

Works like a charm - you guys are awesome - OD Force rules, as usual! Posted it on SESI forums as well (crediting you guys, of course) perhaps it'll help someone else with this issue some day. Much appreciated, guys!

On a sidenote, I really gotta get into HOM, hehe, I've just pushed it forward for years now... 

Edited March 22, 2017 by Farmfield