How to DISPLAY animation BONES IN FRONT of objects in Blender

When we are Rig­ging and cre­at­ing ani­ma­tions in Blender it is use­ful to be able to visu­al­ize the ani­ma­tion bones in front of the 3D mod­el to make it eas­i­er to select and manip­u­late them, in this arti­cle we will see how to make bones always appear in front of every­thing, regard­less of whether there are oth­er objects in front of them.

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In this video we see how to make the arma­ture ALWAYS RENDER in FRONT in Blender.

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We start with a 3D mod­el and its respec­tive Arma­ture object (ani­ma­tion skele­ton), as shown in fig­ure 1 the Arma­ture is bare­ly vis­i­ble in sol­id mode, so let's switch to Wire­frame mode to be able to see and select the Arma­ture, as shown in fig­ure 2.

3d model of a snowman in Blender with armature
Fig. 1: In the scene we have a 3D mod­el and an Arma­ture object that is obstruct­ed by the object.
wireframe mode that allows you to see hidden objects in Blender
Fig. 2: In Wire­frame mode you can see objects that are hid­den behind oth­er objects.

With the Arma­ture select­ed we go to the prop­er­ties win­dow with the icon shown in fig­ure 3 and in the "View­port Dis­play" sec­tion we check the "In Front" check­box.

properties tab of an Armature object
Fig. 3: With the Arma­ture select­ed, go to its prop­er­ties tab.
option to display animation bones in front of objects in Blender
Fig. 4: In the "View­port Dis­play" sec­tion, check the "In Front" check­box to dis­play the ani­ma­tion bones in front of the objects.

Now the ani­ma­tion bones are always vis­i­ble from any per­spec­tive no mat­ter if they are inside the mod­el or even if there are oth­er objects in the scene in front of them, mak­ing Arma­ture easy to use.

3d model of a snowman in Blender with armature visible on top of the 3d model
Fig. 5: The ani­ma­tion skele­ton is now vis­i­ble even if it is inside the 3D model.
3d model of a snowman in Blender with armature visible on top of the 3d model
Fig. 6: In this oth­er view we see how the Arma­ture is inside the mod­el but still visible.

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