Maya viewport not updating automatically?
polycounter lvl 17
I've been having a recurring problem in Maya 2011 for a while now, not sure what it's due to, probably some command I use, but I really can't seem to identify what it is.
Regularly my viewport will stop updating automatically unless I turn or move in it.
For instance I'll switch to vertex component mode on an object, I'll see the vertices appear if I move slightly in the viewport. Same for most operations, for instance, even if I click select an edge, I have to move slightly before I see it's highlighted.
Sometimes it goes away by itself after a while, otherwise I have to reboot Maya.
Anyone come across a similar problem? Really don't understand what I could be doing to trigger this.
Regularly my viewport will stop updating automatically unless I turn or move in it.
For instance I'll switch to vertex component mode on an object, I'll see the vertices appear if I move slightly in the viewport. Same for most operations, for instance, even if I click select an edge, I have to move slightly before I see it's highlighted.
Sometimes it goes away by itself after a while, otherwise I have to reboot Maya.
Anyone come across a similar problem? Really don't understand what I could be doing to trigger this.
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I'm currently thinking it may be graphics card/driver related as that machine has a different graphics card to the others which have not had this issue. We may try updating the driver and see if that fixes it. I'll let you know if it does. I'll also be interested to see if anyone else has solved this already.
I have yet to pin point exactly what's been happening but everything goes fine when I restart Maya.
I was also leaning on the drivers/windows update shit side so far. I am running a GTX260 btw.
I've never really managed to get rid of it even by reverting my old drivers.
Eventually the problem was solved when I changed my graphic card...
I know 3dsMax has a shortcut to do this , which often new users often get, but I can't find any kind of equivalent in Maya.
I can avoid the issue by alt-b'ing to one of the solid backgrounds, maybe that will work for you?
I've seen this bug all the way back to at least 2010, and have it happen at least a few times a week at work and at home (so different machines), not to mention I only recently updated to a new PC.
If it really is display driver issues as so many say it could be liked to, I've had:
9800 GTX
GTX 560ti
GTX 980 (current)
Quadro K2000 (at work)
Resetting preferences etc, etc, etc does nothing for it.
I take it there is no MEL command to force the UI and to redraw or something? And the viewport?
ogs -reset
You can make a shelf button by selecting the text, middle-clicking and dragging it up to the shelf. Then customize it, if you want, by right-clicking the button and selecting Edit, then go to the Shelves tab in the shelf editor window.
anyone know if Autodesk is aware how much we pay for their program? I mean this is not a 60$ K2 game where bugs are expected...
ninthtale's Mel code doesn't seem to change anything about this, nor had I hypershade open like Finnfox66 noted. I still tried opening and closing hypershade, but the problem persists... I can only solve it but force quitting it through Task Manager, although sometimes if I can ignore the problem and continue working, sometimes it will eventually revert back to normal out of apparently nothing.
This bug is such a pain in the ass, it's been YEARS now, and it's unbelievable how this hasn't been officially addressed yet..
I always have to force quit afterward. But I have had it suddenly start working again once or twice when I just didn't have the patience to restart. Not sure what causes it but I can't believe this hasn't been fixed since 2011! If it's a driver thing then that's really surprising.
May be related, but with this PC (Windows 10, GTX 1070, i7 7700k) I've also been getting an issue (mostly with Maya) where my main monitor just goes black for a second then comes back up. Never when the refresh issue is happening though.
So the problem would happen to me randomly when I'd use the shelf button for either Multi-Cut, Insert Edge Loop and Slide Edge. As an experiment, I mapped these 3 tools to hotkeys, and deleted them from my shelf so that I wouldn't fall into the temptation of clicking them there. So whenever I needed to use them, I'd use only the hotkeys. And it seems to have solved it, I haven't had the problem ever since! It's only a matter of getting used to use the hotkeys for these tools. You guys try it and let us know if it works for you too! (this is working for me on Maya 2018)
I've just joined the community to bring the fix for this (can't believe it's been all these years with no effective solution)
1-. Close Maya
2-. Remove your user preferences (usually located at:
- Windows: <drive>:\Documents\maya\<version>\
- Mac OS X: /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/<version>/
- Linux: /home/<username>/maya/<version>/
3-. Open Maya. Select to create default user preferences when asked)4-. The refreshing problem should now be fixed. It is now a matter to bring your preferences one by one (hotkeys, shelfs, etc) until you find what was causing the problem to stop using it or find an alternative
I love how the solution for every bug in this expensive software is always, "Wipe away all your settings and workflow considerations and that should be fine."
Well I'm working in a stock environment, so maybe just fix this decades old bug?
*Thread closed*
Anyways, I do think it has to do with the multicut tool from the shelf and whatever rendering elements it enables for that GUI, as JorgeBarros suggested.