[Maya 2016] component mode with marking menu selects objects

pseudomode · Aug 2016

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I dare you to solve this!
When I hit F8 I enter component mode and can select components only as expected. BUT, when I enter component mode by way of the marking menu, I select components along with all other object in the selection marquee.
This only happens on my home computer, not my work. I could copy my prefs but that still doesn't tell me what causes it.

I have spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out how to fix this issue. If anyone knows how to fix it, you are a master.

throttlekitty · Aug 2016

This dropdown in the menu is at All Objects by default, I was able to get this by setting it to Polygons. But toggling with F8 resets it back to Objects, so I'm not sure what you've managed here.

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pseudomode · Aug 2016

Thanks for trying throttlekitty. Sadly, it does't seem to matter what setting I use there.

eltarbos · Aug 2016

Try this:
in preferences/Selection
make sure that "Ignore selection priority" is unchecked.

pseudomode · Aug 2016

That was the first thing I tried. Something fishy is going on.
If I can't solve this soon I'm going reinstall. So strange.

throttlekitty · Aug 2016

I'd try deleting the prefs file before a reinstall.

pasha_sevez · Aug 2016

Try using 2017 instead of 2016 (or try at least 2016 ext1 sp1) - it doesn't have a complete selection implementation for Viewport 2.0.
Selection in VP2 suffered from various problems for a long time. The issue you faced is only one of them. For instance in 2016 on my computer I can select any template or reference meshes, while my teammates can't. But in 2017 I actually found none of such problems.

[Maya 2016] component mode with marking menu selects objects

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