Maya 2016 selection problem
polycounter lvl 7
In maya 2016 when selecting polygons preselection highlights works fine.
But after last update it seems like there is some blind spot.
How to fix that?
But after last update it seems like there is some blind spot.
How to fix that?
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If under Preferences > Settings you have the Select faces with option set to Center, face center dots will always display when in face mode (you can't disable them), and you will always need to have your cursor near the center for the pre-selection to highlight the face.
If the Select faces with option is set to Whole face, but under Display > Polygons > Face Centers is toggled on, the center face dots act merely as a visual indicator rather than a selection point.
Basically, the Center or Whole face setting will override how your cursor interacts with the face component regardless of what your Face Centers display setting is. If you want your cursor to pre-select anywhere on the polygon, set the Select faces with option to Whole face and if you also want face centers to display, enable them per-object under Display > Polygons > Face Centers, or as a default display behavior for all objects under Preferences > Polygons > Faces: Centers checkbox.
Also, the marqueue selection works just fine too. I can slect just a tiny corner of polygon to get the whole selected.
If you want original 2016's functionality back, you just need to change the Select faces with setting to Whole face and then just have Face Centers turned on under the Display > Polygons menu.
Maya 2016
2016 ext 2 sp1
as with the lasso tool...
you will get better response/accuracy with the paint selection when the brush radius encompasses a majority of a components area ( over half, bout 3/4 works best fer me ).
Same for lasso...
if you were to lasso a thin snake shape on that same selection attempt, the result would be the same response/accuracy problem.
Where the same lasso selection fat enough to encompass about 3/4 of each components area will reward with predictable results.
That same size discrepancy can actually work in your favor.
considering a selection area that is very small does not register than you can leverage as much with a very fat brush or lasso area.
Where not as much careful precision is needed when selecting because minor overlap into neighboring faces will not register ( allows for more lazy, anal free abandon )
jes go fatter.
( additionally with the lasso tool, using a fat selection strategy allows one to still leverage the "fast" setting over the slower "accurate" Lasso setting enjoying speed and predictability )
Personally I really like the pre 2016.5 setup with the flexibility that allows me to both quickly click select single face, and marquee select multiple ones with center constraint. It's really a much fluid implementation.
Even with the update patch, the problem still persist for me, Even in 2017. Not sure what I can do to revert the behavior back.