how to 'uncombine' polygons

# 1 02-09-2004 , 10:18 PM

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How can a divide the head from the rest of my model? I am sure there is an easy way to do it but I cant find it (shame on me). Even search in the forums dont give me much :-S

I have tried to separate without much success.. I am probably using it the wrong way.

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# 2 02-09-2004 , 10:19 PM

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Select the faces, edit polygons > extract.

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# 3 02-09-2004 , 10:38 PM

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btw u can only seperate if the combine operation is still in history.

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# 4 02-09-2004 , 10:48 PM

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Not necessarily true. If there are objects combined together that have not been merged together, edit polygons > seperate will still seperate them whether or not the combine history is still in place.

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# 5 02-09-2004 , 11:03 PM

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ok, but if the history has been deleted, vertex merged and both part combined? there must be a way to separate this head, no?

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# 6 02-09-2004 , 11:15 PM

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Originally posted by mtmckinley
Not necessarily true. If there are objects combined together that have not been merged together, edit polygons > seperate will still seperate them whether or not the combine history is still in place.

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true, i left that out.

Originally posted by Mantat
ok, but if the history has been deleted, vertex merged and both part combined? there must be a way to separate this head, no?
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well like mike said, select teh faces you want to split up then extract them