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rob-beddall
01-31-2006, 12:03 AM
hey!!

i'm having a problewm with the UV editor that i hoped you guys would be able to help me fix.
for some reason i can't select the UV's of some poly's in my model.
i click drag the selectoin in the UV editor but i can't get anything. i can select the edges of the poly's and the faces (both in editor window) and i can then change that selection to the UV's. but i can't select individual UV points. this is driving me crazy.
any ideas as to what could be causing this?
it's only on certain poly's. all the others are acting normal.

cheers!!
SnipeyX
01-31-2006, 01:09 AM
off the top of my head not sure, could you offer screenshots showing the model/UV windowor a sample scene file with affected poly's so we can see if it's the the geometry or your settings?
rob-beddall
01-31-2006, 01:43 AM
hey!!
here is a sample file of what i mean. i've just cut the head of the model i was working on.
if you open the Uv editor and click drag select the top left cluster you will see that you can't select the one vertex/uv thingy.
i've also noticeed that there are vertices disappearing from my models. there are still edges leading to the vertex but no vertex that i can select or anything. any ideas what could be causing this?
cheers!!
SnipeyX
01-31-2006, 02:18 AM
I've opened it up and am totally confused. Haven't seen that before. Tried everything I can think of so far, removing isolated verts, removing unused map verts, unfreeze, etc. Mapping>Flatten mapping gets things back to all being selectable, and if you turn on select element the extra vert can be moved, or if you hit ctrl+A, but otherwise I can't seem to get it to be recognize as an actual vert on it's own or by marquee selecting. Hmm...
rob-beddall
01-31-2006, 02:26 AM
hey!!

crazy isn't it. but somehow i manage to get this at least once every model. i really have no idea how i manage to do it though :(
Thanks for taking the time out to have a look for me. i really appreciate it.

cheers!!
Gibbz
01-31-2006, 06:20 AM
Are you using pelt mapping by any chance?
rob-beddall
02-04-2006, 02:04 PM
hey!!

no, not at all. i've just been selecting faces then planar map.
i really have no idea what this could be.
anyone else have any ideas?

cheers!!
naik
02-04-2006, 02:30 PM
Hey guys, im not absolutely sure but in my view everything is okay...

i have tested your file and it seems to be okay...

Which Max version aer you working with?


cheers...
rob-beddall
02-04-2006, 05:18 PM
hey!!

Max 8. though this sometimes used to happen to me in 7.0 also.

cheers!!
naik
02-04-2006, 05:22 PM
Hm very strange, i have opened your file with Max 8 and everything worked perfectly...
rob-beddall
02-04-2006, 06:43 PM
hey!!

when opening the film did you try to sekect the uv's in the top left cluster?
you should find that there is on UV thingy that you can't select.
if you don't get that happening tyhen that really is bizarre.

cheers!!
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