Object Selection Highlight

kevjon, +1

http://www.digitalfossils.com/Download/NVil-May-13-15.rar

  * Edit > Preference > Colors > Edge Colors > Hard Edge2. For unselected object hard edges display.

I tested it and this is what I think.
My personal opinion is that all model looks the best when all objects has Black Hard Edges Color. So I still think that highlight all polygons on selected object will be the best solution. As long as you stay in object mode selected object will have all polygons highlighted but when you switch to sub-object mode polygon highlight will be turned off.

IStonia,
I just have nice idea for Highlighting selected objects.
So you can add option in settings: Transparent Unselected Objects.
So it will work this way: If you select object all other unselected objects will be semi-transparent.
If you deselect everything everything become visible.
This option has Solid Works and it works greate I tested it during work. It solve 2 problems together, first it will highlignt selected object second it will allow to work with object if it partially inside another objects or is behind some object.

So what we will need:
1. Option - Level of transparency of Unselected Objects. (if it set to 0 all object are fully visible it can be by default, if to 100 object will be fully transparent)
2. Modify LMB+RMB (select objects) So if you LMB+RMB in empty space it will deselect everything.

IStonia, when you implement this, add pleas option:
View - Object Shading - Disable transparency on unselected objects during viewport navigation.
This will allow us to preview full model without deselecting all objects(or selecting all objects).

Try this
http://www.digitalfossils.com/Download/NVil-Oct-18-15.rar

  * View > Object Shading > Show Unselected Object In Transparent/Unselected Object In Transparent Disabled On View Navigating.
  * New Basic streamline tool, Generic Tools > Mixed Tools > Unselected Opacity.

Very nice! Some suggestions:

1. Can you increase speed of changing oppacity at least at 3 times so if you go from bottom to top ypu will go from 0 to 100? Now I have 23' monitor and it is not enough to go from 0 to 100 I have to scroll about 5 times
Now it is like 0.000 but may be 0.00 will change situation. I think we do not need this precision.

2. Can you modify LMB+RMB so if you press in free space it will deselect all objects.

And can you change direction of changing transparency so if it goes UP it  increase if down it decrease.

2. Can you modify LMB+RMB so if you press in free space it will deselect all objects.

I don't understand. Can you explain?

I mean now we use LMB+RMB to select objects when we are in any mods like edges, vertexes, etc...
It works great, but would be very nice to have it not only select objects but also deselect all objects when we LMB+RMB in empty space.

I still don't understand what you mean. Currently, if you LMB in empty space, it will deselect.

What is "LMB+RMB". Is it clicking LMB and RMB at the same time?

If you give instances that would help for understanding.

Now if we press LMB holding it than RMB we can select objects staying in vertex or edge, etc mods.
This is what I asking for:
http://take.ms/VBt6S

Try this
http://www.digitalfossils.com/Download/NVil-Oct-19-15.rar

* Edge bug fixed.
* Direction reversed.
* Tool name "Unselected Opacity" changed to "Unselected Transparency". I you have set up a streamline tool with this, you need to rebuild the streamline tool as the setting will be lost.

Nice, you do not made LMB+RMB object deselection? Or I still do not describe clearly what I want  ?

Try this
http://www.digitalfossils.com/Download/NVil-Oct-20-15.rar

Not only LMB+RMB, also MMB+RMB(cycle through).

There is another similar method implemented ages ago. Help > Contents > Modeling > Selection Tools > Object Selection In Non-Object Modes.