im so sad.. i running maya 2011 x64
but about a week i started to suffer..
i cant select anything.. and can only select when i use select all in my right click..
i already try to revert the preferences settings and try to fix and reinstalling but nothing
of it works..
can anyone help me :((
I just started having this same problem today. I was doing some home work of some very low poly modeling when I couldn;t select anything in perspective view. I can select objets from the other views however.
Also, if I select something in another view and try to move it in perspective, the selection is removed and I'm back to where I started.
I tried making a new camera but that didn't work either. I've tried all the suggestions on this post. I have been searching for hours but I am only seeing the same 2 or 3 fixes and none seem to work.
I am using a an ATI firepro 5800. Could the ati be the issue?
OP: what video card are you using?
I had the same problem - I found out that I had the "R" checked in my layers panel on the right, once I unchecked it I could select obj's again
- Happy Maya-ing! 😉
Maybe there are different reasons but ...
I had a very similar problem today, couldn't remember what I had done. Couldn't select with Marquee tool as a group for edges & polygons but I could for vertexies, which made it seem as if nothing was working.
Solution was ... Open up "Select / Select using Constraints" then "Close and Reset". Works fine now.
Hi!
i just had the same issue, black viewport on selection dragging.
Here's my solution, though i can't find any explanation:
Just check the appropiate language of your keyboard settings and restart Maya. All works again!
i've got a 27" iMac with an Spanish keyboard.
The kb settings were changed to US and viewport went wrong. Back to Sapnish kb and everything fine again!!
Hope it can help!!
go the the upper section where you choose type of selection mode like circle,traingle,lasso,
right next to it, is another mode known as windows/crossing make sure it is unselected
problwm with me was that i couldnt select single polygon or row of polygon , i had to select
whole object
I have the same problem in 3DS Max 2016 with a particuar scene, (checked all suggestions above) but I am able to select objects in the perspective viewport (Not in any other). However, if I hide some objects, then selection works normally in all viewports - perhaps the problem is something to do with memory management?
I'm running two screens on an Nvidia GT610
Did anyone find a solution for this bug?
I'm having the same issue in a couple files in Max 2015. It is connected to geometry somehow. The same geometry is in both files. If I hide all geometry, everything else is selectable. When geometry is on - I can only make slections in Camera or Perspective views. It is the same after merging into a new clean file. There are over 5000 objects - I don't have time to merge piece by piece. It is saved in the file - does the same thing on multipule computers.