Ctrl + Backspace - Remove not working ...

reiro · Feb 2011

Hey there,

dunno where this belongs but i seem to not be able to get my "clean remove" to work.
When i hit "ctrl + backspace" nothing happens and if i press backspace it turns on the "selection lock toggle" down in the animation bar.

Yes i resetted my controls to "default" already restarted Max but its not doing any good.

Is there a way to customize the action of the "clean remove" or is it only available through the "backspace" button?

Cheers.

reiro · Feb 2011

Iam using a laptop with a german keyboard maybe thats causing problems?

Whats the name of the "remove edge + verts" function? How can i set it to a different key. The other removes like "remove (poly)" or "remove edge (poly)" under the MainUI tab dont seem to remove verts aswell so i am kinda lost here.

Sadly google cant help me either

reiro · Feb 2011

Did 1) and 2) will try 3) and hope for the best

Thanks.

RobotGilardi · Feb 2011

I use mostly customized max hotkeys - I pulled this section out you can use.

1) Run the macros
2) Set rRemove under category Robot to a hotkey

It doesn't do the exact same as the max remove -- It won't remove a vert from an edge if the angle around it is < 170 degrees. To change the degree number, change the section in red below

-Robot

macroScript rRemove
	category:"Robot"
	toolTip:"Remove"
(
	myPanel = ""
	selObjects = 0
	objectCase = case ($ as string) of
	(
		"undefined":selObjects = 0
		"$selection":selObjects = $.count
		default:selObjects = 1
	)
	if selObjects == 1 then(
		myPanel = modpanel.getCurrentObject()
	)
	if (myPanel as string== "Editable Poly" ) then(
		if subobjectLevel == 1 then (
			$.EditablePoly.Remove selLevel:#Vertex
		)
		if subobjectLevel == 2 then (
			macros.run "Robot" "rToVert"
			macros.run "Robot" "rToEdge"
			$.EditablePoly.Remove selLevel:#Edge
			
			vertsToRemove = #{}
			--After the remove:
			for i in (($.selectedVerts as bitarray) as array) do(
				v1 = $.verts[i].pos
				v2 = [0,0,0]
				v3 = [0,0,0]
				edges = ((polyOp.getEdgesUsingVert $ i) as array)
				if (edges.count == 2) then(
					vGroup1 = (polyOp.getEdgeVerts $ edges[1]) as array
					vGroup2 = (polyOp.getEdgeVerts $ edges[2]) as array
					for j in vGroup1 do(
						if j != i then(
							v2 = $.verts[j].pos
						)
					)
					for k in vGroup2 do(
						if k != i then(
							v3 = $.verts[k].pos
						)
					)
					vect1 = normalize (v2-v1)
					vect2 = normalize (v3-v1)
					if (dot vect1 vect2)  <= [COLOR="Red"]cos(170)[/COLOR] then(
						append vertsToRemove i
					)
				)
			)
			polyop.setVertSelection $ vertsToRemove
			$.EditablePoly.Remove selLevel:#Vertex
		)
		if subobjectLevel == 3 then(	
			$.EditablePoly.delete #Edge
		)
		if subobjectLevel == 4 or subobjectLevel == 5 then(	
			$.EditablePoly.delete #Face
		)
	)
)


macroScript rToVert
	category:"Robot"
	toolTip:"Convert Selection to Vertex"
(

	myPanel = ""
	selObjects = 0
	objectCase = case ($ as string) of
	(
		"undefined":selObjects = 0
		"$selection":selObjects = $.count
		default:selObjects = 1
	)
	if selObjects == 1 then(
		myPanel = modpanel.getCurrentObject()
	)
	if (myPanel as string== "Editable Poly" ) then (
		if subobjectLevel == 2 then (
			$.EditablePoly.ConvertSelectionToBorder #Edge #Vertex
			subobjectLevel = 1
		)
		if subobjectLevel == 3 then (
			$.EditablePoly.ConvertSelectionToBorder #Border #Vertex
			subobjectLevel = 1
		)
		if subobjectLevel == 4 then (
			$.EditablePoly.ConvertSelectionToBorder #Face #Vertex
			subobjectLevel = 1
		)
		if subobjectLevel == 5 then (
			$.EditablePoly.ConvertSelectionToBorder #Element #Vertex
			subobjectLevel = 1
		)
	)
	else if (myPanel as string=="Unwrap_UVW:Unwrap UVW")
	then(
		myPanel = modpanel.getCurrentObject();
		if subObjectLevel == 2 then(
			myPanel.edgeToVertSelect()
		)
		if subObjectLevel == 3 then(
			myPanel.faceToVertSelect()
		)
		subobjectLevel = 1
	)
)
macroScript rToEdge
	category:"Robot"
	toolTip:"Convert Selection To Edge"
(
	myPanel = ""
	selObjects = 0
	objectCase = case ($ as string) of
	(
		"undefined":selObjects = 0
		"$selection":selObjects = $.count
		default:selObjects = 1
	)
	if selObjects == 1 then(
		myPanel = modpanel.getCurrentObject()
	)
	if (myPanel as string== "Editable Poly" )then (
		if subobjectLevel == 1 then (
			$.EditablePoly.ConvertSelectionToBorder #Vertex  #Edge
			subobjectLevel = 2
		)
		if subobjectLevel == 3 then (
			$.EditablePoly.ConvertSelectionToBorder #Border #Edge
			subobjectLevel = 2
		)
		if subobjectLevel == 4 then (
			$.EditablePoly.ConvertSelectionToBorder #Face #Edge
			subobjectLevel = 2
		)
		if subobjectLevel == 5 then (
			$.EditablePoly.ConvertSelectionToBorder #Element #Edge
			subobjectLevel = 2
		)
	)
	else if (myPanel as string=="Unwrap_UVW:Unwrap UVW") then(
		myPanel = modpanel.getCurrentObject();
		if subObjectLevel == 1 then(
			myPanel.vertToEdgeSelect()
		)
		if subObjectLevel == 3 then(
			myPanel.faceToEdgeSelect()
		)
		subobjectLevel = 2
	)
)

Elyaradine · Feb 2011

It's called "Remove Loop", as far as I know, if you're going to look at giving it a (new) shortcut.

Kovac · Feb 2011

You might want to also double check that you don't have Edit Poly as a modifier (collapse the whole stack first). It has different hotkeys for some unknown reason so most standard Edit Poly hotkeys will have completely different functionality.

Mark Dygert · Feb 2011

You might need to turn on Keyboard Shortcut Override for the Edit poly sub-object shortcuts to override some main 3dsmax shortcuts that might be interfering.

Also check out the "Step Build" tools in Graphite Modeling Tools, turn it on:
Hold ctrl and click on polys to delete them but leave the verts.
Hold alt and click on polys to remove polys and verts

Ctrl + Backspace - Remove not working ...

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