Shade Selected

Select an object to be shaded. > Views menu > Shade Selected

Shade Selected shades only the selected objects in the scene when the viewport is set to Wireframe or Bounding Box. When Smooth + Highlights is on, all objects are shaded whether they are selected or not.

Shade Selected lets you work with a wireframe scene and shade only the selected objects when you want to visualize them more clearly. All other objects in the scene will appear in wireframe.

Procedure

To shade only selected objects in a scene:

1. Choose Views menu > Shade Selected.

2. Right-click the viewport label, and choose Wireframe.

3. Select the object.

   Only the selected object is shaded.