Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping
In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.
# 1 27-01-2009 , 02:30 PM
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hiding portions of geometry

Is there a way to hide a portion of an object? I'd love to be able to select a few polys and hide them while I work under them. Any way to do this?
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# 2 27-01-2009 , 05:08 PM
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If they are separate pieces of geometry you can select everything you don't want and use Display>Hide Selected.
To bring it back - Display>Show Last Hidden...
You may also want to use layers...
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# 3 27-01-2009 , 06:20 PM
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you can select the faces that you want to work on and then go to the viewport menu and select show>isolate selected>view selected.

# 4 27-01-2009 , 06:21 PM
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I'm looking for a way to hide portions of an object. As in how to hide a few polys at a time.

# 5 27-01-2009 , 06:26 PM
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That sounds like what I am looking for. Where is the "viewport window"? I am having trouble finding the isolate selection option.
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# 6 27-01-2009 , 06:42 PM
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the viewport is the window that you're working in - just look at the top of the perspective window and you will see a small menu with about 5 options.

# 7 27-01-2009 , 06:58 PM
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snap! I knew it had to be here somewhere. Thanks Arran!

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