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I select faces on one side of building and faces on other side of building also get choosen

womp_1FDJBL — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 01:11:30 GMT

Trying to put a texture on one side of building model

When selecting faces on ONE side of model, the opposite

side face of the model also get chosen.

I have read "Disable pick chooser for comonents", followed the

instructions saved then shut down Maya and reopened it again

to have the exact same thing happen again when selecting faces

What's the work around?? I have Maya 2020.4

Re: I select faces on one side of building and faces on other side of building also get choosen

mcw0 — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:15:32 GMT

Is it a symmetrical building? If so, might the other half be an instance?

Re: I select faces on one side of building and faces on other side of building also get choosen

mihirsbcc — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 04:49:13 GMT

Or Symmetry is on.

Re: I select faces on one side of building and faces on other side of building also get choosen

brentmc — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:38:31 GMT

Hi,

As others have said check to see whether you have symmetry enabled. (in the status line at the top)

If the issue is that faces behind the ones you are selecting getting selected then you can enable "Camera Based Selection". (which can be accessed in the select tool setting or in the Modeling Toolkit)

Turn it On to only select components on the front of your model. You can also set it to Auto which enables or disables it depending on whether you are in Shaded or Wireframe display.

Brent