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Possible to have an object visible in Editor but hidden when rendering?

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Is there a way to have an object visible in the Editor and hidden during render?
I have eye targets (spheres) that I want to be visible in the Editor but hidden when rendering.

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One way would be the make the eye targets dummy objects (this is setting under Modify). Dummy objects don't render. You can use Ctrl+D to toggle their visibility in the view port..


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Worth a try but, unfortunately, when I check "Set as Dummy," the object is hidden in the Editor.

What I'm doing for now is placing these type of objects in their own collection so I can hide them all at once prior to rendering. Not ideal, but...

Most apps I've used provide the option to selectively enable/disable objects at render-time. Seems like it would be extremely simple to implement.
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Press Ctrl+D to make dummies visible in the viewport. They will still not render.


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That did the trick! Many thanks!



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