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sebek27
02-03-2003, 02:52 AM
ok this seems so easy to do and yet such a daunting task in lightwave... i'm using the discovery edition... let's say I make a box and a sphere and want to select just the sphere.. do i have to right click and draw around the sphere in order to select it ? is there an easy way like maybe, just clicking on it ? also when I do have all the points selected and i try to surface, both box and sphere change ! how do i just surface the sphere ??? .. i'm getting the inside lightwave book this week, so hopefully i'll get better at this.. thanks
leigh
02-03-2003, 02:59 AM
To select all the polys in one object, simply select one poly and click "]". That will select all polys attached to the one you selected :)

When assigning surfaces, you have to have polys selected, not points ;)

As a tip - if you have 2 shapes that you are working on, it would probably be easier to put each shape on its own layer - that way, modifying each one individually is much easier :D
sebek27
02-03-2003, 03:17 AM
i cut the sphere clicked on the second layer, pasted and it still surfaces with the same exact metal i select for the box... are you supposed to click ">" to go to layer2 or the small divided box ? but then the object dissappears ... i'll just play around till i get it thanks
DaveW
02-03-2003, 03:22 AM
You've already assigned the sphere the same surface as the cube so when you make any changes to the cubes surface it will affect the sphere. Go to layer 2, press q and assign a new surface to the sphere.
sebek27
02-03-2003, 05:17 AM
worked, thanx :)
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