View through an object in shaded mode

You will often be modelling scenes or objects that reside inside another object. Your few options to see inside that outer object is to either hide it, or go to wireframe or x ray mode. This article explores an alternative method.

Solution

Step 1. Disable double sided

1. Select the object
2. Open the attribute editor (ctrl + a)
3. Expand the “Render Stats” tab and uncheck “Double Sided”

Step 2. Reverse normals

With the object still selected reverse the normals by going to “Mesh Display > Reverse”.

Conclusion

You should know be able to see through the object in a more intuitive way and without compromise.