topic Re: How to quick select a specific part of an object in 3ds Max Modeling Forum

How to quick select a specific part of an object

t_smith5 — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:55:13 GMT

Again, like in Blender, if you parent an object to another, or even join it, you can press L whilst hovering the mouse over it, and it will select that specific object. Is there such a thing in 3ds Max? I've attached an ear object to a head and merged the vertices so it's become one object, but instead of having to select all the individual faces of the ear every time I want to manipulate it, is there a quick way of selecting it? It's a pity objects in the Outliner don't have a drop-down menu of all the objects that are a part of it...

Re: How to quick select a specific part of an object

kgokhangurbuz — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 08:44:11 GMT

Hello @t_smith5 ;

There's an option for this, it is called Selection Sets. You give names to your selections, and you can select these named sets with one click.

Below is a screencast for you, if you have any further questions, i'll be happy to help.

Re: How to quick select a specific part of an object

t_smith5 — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:54:20 GMT

Perfect! This is just the sort of thing I needed. Thank you! 😄

Re: How to quick select a specific part of an object

t_smith5 — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:27:57 GMT

Okay, I do have a slight issue with this. Even if I save the file after adding some new selections, when I reload the file, those selections disappear from the list. Is there no way of keeping these and having them carry over? 😕