3DS max 2016 Cut tool.

DirkJan

So I am having an issue that I have not had before. When I want to cut out difficult shapes, or shapes on a plane I usually use circle for example to draw over with the cut tool. Somehow this partly does not work anymore. 

It works in a new file, on a new object.
It also works on an old file, but only when I have the viewport camera tilted at an awkward angle. As soon as I snap back to a Front/Left/etc. view it somehow snaps, I see the weird cutting tool line appear but I cant cut anything. This really frustrates me a lot because it's my bread and butter when I am modeling. 

Some Images to further display the problem.
Here you see I can cut, a weird shape in the side of the model. I can click where ever I want and it adds vertices.

And here in a straight view it refuses to work. I just get this weird cutting tool line but when I click nothing happends.

I hope it's something easy and you guys can help me with it.

Greets,

DJ

WilliamPraat

Have you tried rebooting your PC?

DirkJan

I have tried but that does not work, thanks for the reply

DJ

DirkJan

Somehow the problem was fixed by rotating the model 90 degrees. This topic can be deleted and locked

Eric Chadwick

DirkJan said:

Somehow the problem was fixed by rotating the model 90 degrees. This topic can be deleted and locked

Instead of deleting/locking/clearing out threads, it's better to leave them as-is. If people search for the same issue, they'll see your solutions.

AtticusMars

Relevant 

demilich

I've had a similar issue before. I for me it was a combination of the model being to small in size and also having the viewport set to either perspective or ortho. On top of that viewport clipping has made it worse or better in some instances. Maybe try rescaling and switching between ortho and perspective?

PeterPan

Okey Dokey,
So I am running into the same problem.  And I ran into the same solution.  Though the guy that is making the tutorial is making the blade in cm and mind you its pretty low scaling.  Still the cut tool seems to work for him in a small size, why does it not for me?  I have to rotate just a little for the cut tool to work...