as the topic suggest,
can`t shift left click to clone an object.

well you kind of can by moving it first then moving it back
or right click clone.
but why change whats worked for years.
its infuriating.
I think i may have to just go back to the older versions.

Max has always been Hold Shift and Move the object to clone - other option is CTRL - V

Ctrl-V seems pretty easy to me. :-)

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I`m sorry to disagree but in max7 and max8 you can shift click an object without moving to clone.

Perhaps you set up your own hotkey - CTRL - V - should give you what you need

Max 7, 8 and 9 do this provided you have a Transform tool (Move/Rotate/Scale) selected, 2008 doesn’t.

I don’t know if this is a bug or if it’s by design. Ctrl-V would seem to be an acceptable alternative.

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its just irksome when something thats been so useful for years suddenly disappears.

all the other methods work and i`m sure i`ll get use to one. but imagine if they shifted the menus back to front for no good reason.
this sort of thing just gets my goat. 8) hehe

ah true, you need to have a transform icon selected.

PLEASE give us back the old way with shift+click. It was such a fast way of doing copys and I realliy used it over and over.

The CTRL+V thingy works sometimes and sometimes not. Same with CTRL-I for invert selection. If you are working under deadline stress, this “it do it - but sometimes not” situations are most unwanted.

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Claus

And yes, why are those good functions a cause for change. To much time for playing with this? :-)

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Arrgh. That would be an annoyance, agreed.
Not to apologize for the change, but as I usually have a transform tool of some sort active, I’ve gotten in the habit of using rightMouseButton->clone when I don’t want to move the object. Possibly useful?

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