odd camera related error

snickerwicket

Hey all, i'm having an interesting error in Maya 2015. When I'm in top view, one of my objects isn't showing up. It only happens when I'm in top view.

I was having an issue with this same scene earlier, whenever I would try to switch to top view Maya wouldn't be able to find the top view camera, and would make a new top view camera (top1, top2, etc.). I copied all my objects out into a new scene and renamed them (since they were all called "pasted_object"), but I still can't see one particular item in my top view.

any thoughts? Thanks for reading.

Butthair

Without a picture, it's hard to guess why it doesn't show if others are.

Something common with the maya cameras is the clip planes (specifically the far clip plane). Try changing the Far clip plane to something larger than it is (default 1000, try 1000000)

ZippZopp

it is either the clipping plane or the actual top viewport camera is under the object you're trying to see. you can see the top camera in the perspective view, grab it and move it up above your object

snickerwicket

ah, zippzopp was right, the camera was too low. Thanks guys!