Fume FX Object Src pick object

#1

Hey everyone,
I am having some trouble selecting objects within FumeFX,
I am following a tutorial and it gets to a point where you need to select the
object Src in the fumeFX dropdown of the helpers section.
When I select the pick object and click the ‘sphere’ for instance… it seems to jump
out of the Object Src menu and when I go back in it hasn’t selected the object.

I have checked in a number of threads on people seem to have found a solution
to this problem but I couldn’t fully understand how they achieved it.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php/t-514567.html

Here is a link to one of the solutions for an example.

Sorry i’m pretty new to max and fume, so forgive me if I am missing something
simple.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

#2

You should really read the manual! This is very basic fume stuff and the manual explains it all really well.

#3

You need to create your Object Source (from the helpers Dropdown menu), right-click to get out of create mode, select it if it isn’t already, and go to the Modify panel to add your object to the Object Source. Kind of a bug, FYI you need to do the same thing when using a Particle Source too.

#4

Thanks guys I got it working…

#5

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