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daart
02-15-2006, 03:09 PM
Hi there, iI am doing the powerbase modelling tut, which comes with max right now.
I wanted to ask you how to delete this polies ( basicly the half of the powerbase )
They wrote to simpley use the delete key of the keyboard, but nothing happens!

screenshot (http://imagecloset.com/8/02001015-Poly.JPG)

Any advice? Thanks!

bardur
02-15-2006, 03:13 PM
it usualy (always) is the delete button!...

donīt know what you are experiensing... try restarting max?

Regards
Bardur

daart
02-15-2006, 03:52 PM
Strange, Iīve tried that already, it isnīt working :sad:

Is there another way to delete the polygons I have selected, not with the delete key?
Here is the file (http://rapidshare.de/files/13336749/Copy_of_pcharger_powerbase.max.html)

rafaelrubio
02-15-2006, 04:04 PM
i don't know why you can't to delete these polygons, i think that you can to detach these polygons in the edit polygons stack, and then, you have two objects, delete the entire object that you don't want.

Good luck!:)

Kanga
02-15-2006, 04:30 PM
Strange. looks like you have a closed stack,... usually you expand it by clicking on the little + butt next to editable poly,.. go to poly then activate and delete.

Have you accidently pushed the space bar to lock everything?

Put a box onto the stage in a new scene, split it and convert that to editable poly then expand stack and try delete,... does that work?

daart
02-15-2006, 04:47 PM
Strange. looks like you have a closed stack,... usually you expand it by clicking on the little + butt next to editable poly,.. go to poly then activate and delete.

Have you accidently pushed the space bar to lock everything?

Put a box onto the stage in a new scene, split it and convert that to editable poly then expand stack and try delete,... does that work?

Thx, Kanga! I checked that and I recognized, that poly was activated, so, if I activate vertex or edge, deleting suddenly works! Donīt ask me why, but I am happy now, thanks again for help!

daart
02-15-2006, 06:04 PM
Here we go again! I continued with the tut, and again the same problem :banghead: I canīt delete this f... polygons; this time I canīt even solve the problem using vertex or edges instead...
screeny (http://imagecloset.com/8/02040115-untitled.JPG)
Can someone help me please, there must be a simple solution!

Kanga
02-15-2006, 07:28 PM
Expand your editable poly with the plus sign and pick poly in the list!

Once again do a test on a simple box in another scene, when you run up against a problem try a simplified version of it in a clean scene.

Its always something simple ha ha that's for sure. It always is:)

daart
02-15-2006, 09:14 PM
Kanga, you ate the man :thumbsup: Thx a lot!

Kanga
02-15-2006, 09:41 PM
Cool!
Glad it worked out.:cool:

Cheerio Chris

robin
02-16-2006, 01:10 AM
looks like your stuck in the stack. When this happends Press: ctrl - B to exit at any cost any locked stack.

have fun

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