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  • Plike922
  • Posted: 27 November 2009 05:13 PM
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  • Joined: 28 November 2009 01:08 AM

I am very new to maya… I recently moved from Blender if you know it but I was messing around in maya and screwed something up.

When i create a Polygon then go to Vertex select and select and vertex.
I select the whole object and its turns and range and mix of red to yellow.
Also when I move the object the whole object moves and the objects becomes deformed.



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You have soft selection enabled...a great addition to MAYA...but also the source of many forum posts.
Just bring up the Tool Settings Window and uncheck Soft Selection.
[WINDOW - SETTINGS/PREFERENCES - TOOL SETTINGS]
Or
The middle of the three icons in the upper right corner of the MAYA window [above the little trash can]

A good way to tame Soft Selection and have it there when you need it, is to hold down [B] and LMB click-drag in the viewport. You can change the size of soft selection and basically turn it off by scaling it all the way down and then scale it up when you need it. It is fast and easy...and makes modeling in maya a better experience than it used to be.

All the best,
~Ben



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  • Plike922
  • Posted: 28 November 2009 07:26 AM

Hi,

Now my whole system is screwed and i dont dare to explain it. Is there a way to get default settings for everything. If not, any suggestions.



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Hopefully none of my suggestions lead to everything falling apart...don’t know how on earth it could have.
You can go to your maya prefs folder [in your documents folder by default on a PC]
In there are the files that save all of the changes you made to maya.
If you delete the Prefs files, your MAYA will be reset back to the default.

Hope things get under control soon.
~Ben



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  • Plike922
  • Posted: 29 November 2009 08:39 AM

Thank you!



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