ah, it was definately an awesome script, but it didn't really do what I was looking for... still pretty nifty, though...

I set up a spaship interior with 39 figures (and not counting the props most of those figures have)... so my ideal would be, say, clicking on one wall that I want to render, close up on it, then click on the "hide all figures and props except for the figure selected and its props" and then wham! all 38 figures would hide and presto...

thanks again, of course... I'll keep checking on this