Modeling from reference; how to not get messed up? So I've started trying to model stuff from reference. I've gotten fairly OK results, but I keep running into some issues. The main one being, I could get the model perfectly lined up with one side of the reference photo, but then when I try lining it up in another reference photo, things don't go so well because there is a MESS of vertices everywhere! How can I stop from getting confused?

Example:



"Oh this is fairly clean, no issue."



"Geez Louise what is this mess!"
You can select only the geometry you want to edit and press ShiftH to Hide everything else but the selection.

From the Top View this looks unmanageable:



So we go to Side View, select only the vertices we need, and hide everything else. (ShiftH)



Of course the top view also shows just the vertices that we have left visible. Much easier to manage:



You can then reveal the hidden geometry again when you're done editing by pressing AltH

Extra tips

Although pressing ShiftH will hide everything but your selection, pressing just H will hide the selection and leave everything else as-is. Un-hiding is the same (AltH) no matter which Hide method you have used.

This also works in Object Mode. You can hide and reveal objects in the same way.