i cant take this anymore!

[asche]

eeeeeehm....what?!

[CIM]

Please think before you type and post.

[rock]

I think I know what you mean.

What you need to do is go to the menu Display->Custom Polygon Display option box. When the dialog pop up, go to Backface Culling to turn on. When Backface culling is on, you will not select the backface when you select the front face.

And if you want the face selection to be active when you select the center or the whole face, you can change the option in Window->Settings/Preferences->Preferences. Then in the left pane, go to Selection and you will see the Polyon Selection choices.

[ZaGeTo]

well i did that it didnt work.

you know when you right click you can select edge and face, vertex.
but when i selected face and when i select the box it doesnt highligt but it is selected.

is there any way i can fix this?

[Undseth]

Im not sure I understand the issue here.
But you may go see in the...

window --> settings/preferences

Under SELECTION you would want to have the following UNchecked (or at least I would):

"Ignore selection priority"

[Selim]

Perheps hold 'Q' + LMB, and chose Object/Component mode.

Hope it helps ;)

[ZaGeTo]

what is LMB?

[rock]

Zageto,

LMB = Left Mouse Button.

When you select a face and it is selected, but not highlighted - it may be that the polygon normal is facing inside. You just invert the normal to point the other way.

[ZaGeTo]

nothing happens...

heres 2 pics:

http://213.114.166.182/pictures.php

[ZaGeTo]

i think i will stop using maya...
so buggy, nothing has gone right since i started to use it..
before it was good now its so damn buggy!

[Selim]

Use Wings3D for modelling instead :)

www.wings3d.com (http://www.wings3d.com)

[Undseth]

I am thinking that you may have turned on some kind of masking function in Maya. I never use that masking "thingy" so I dont know much about it.

I usually then press a certain icon in maya, but perhaps pressing the F8 key once or twice may fix this issue. Im not sure.

Edit:
I think the F8 key toggles "object mode" vs "component mode" (correct me if im wrong) and thus discards any accidental masking mode.

[klingspor]

Originally posted by ZaGeTo
i think i will stop using maya...
so buggy, nothing has gone right since i started to use it..
before it was good now its so damn buggy! Go ahead. If you can't handle it, it obviously must be the software's fault...

[ZaGeTo]

i maybe will, but maya has annoyed me 2000 times.

LIKE STOP BE BUGGY MAYA!

[muttoab]

Software fine. User buggy.

MUTTAOB

[rock]

Zageto,

I have an idea. Why don't you document some simple steps so that we can try to recreate what you observe. For instance,

1. create a box
2. Go to face mode
3. Select a face on a box.

etc.

I can only see the second picture; the first is blank. From it, I don't understand what you are trying to say. When problem like this occur, we have to start with simple steps.

Rock

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