Scene element visibility?

mmoch25

Some scenes have elements that won't show up in the viewport until rendered, or using Iray preview, which goes with out saying can be an extremely slow and difficult way of setting up a scene.

What causes this and can it be changed. I'd like these elements to be visible under Smooth/Texture shaded.

Never mind, I overlooked the visible in viewport, for some items.

DrunkMonkeyProductions

Glad ya found that button.

The short version of why it's done is simple, it's to improve performance.

Depending on the asset, it can cause a major lag in viewport performance when everything is visible.