topic Lock vertices in Maya Modeling Forum

Lock vertices

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:23:48 GMT

I want to lock down, or exclude, certain vertices so that when I move other vertices around nearby with soft selection the locked vertices don't move.

I found this page that explains why Autodesk removed Locked Selection from the Modeling Toolkit: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Lock-Selected-is-missing-from-the-Modeling-Toolkit.html

But then it explains that you can still lock components by doing this:

Select the components you would like locked.
In the channel box highlight the vertices.
Right-click and select Lock Selected.

So, I select the vertices. Then I go to the channel box to highlight them, and ... I don't see any vertices in there. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tyler

Re: Lock vertices

mspeer — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:53:04 GMT

Hi!

CVs (click to show).

For further help please post a screenshot.

Re: Lock vertices

mujuningaiza — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:43:24 GMT

on channelbox there's CVs (click to show), click it, highlight from top to bottom then RMB and select lock selected

Re: Lock vertices

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 05:15:51 GMT

Thanks a lot for that, in honor I made a quick tip video just for video showcasing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0qU5laQBhI

Re: Lock vertices

mujuningaiza — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 06:29:29 GMT

Thank too, it's gr8 having video showcasing the trick