Split a mesh into several meshes?

[Anonymous]

Hi.

I'm new to 3ds max and I'm wondering if there's a better way to create several meshes from my model than to duplicate it and deleting parts of it, rinse and repeat. If there was a way to make all the triangles into a mesh each that'd be great, but even selecting a couple of triangles and making a new mesh of them would be of great help.

Thanks for reading.

[Anonymous]

trying to understand... but... having difficulty. Can you clarify with images what you're trying to see simplified in modeling? 

You using "mesh" or "poly" modeling?

[Anonymous]

There are LOTS of ways to detach polys from an object (manually, boolean, script, etc..) or splitting meshes (for example: using a slice modifier and checking the "split mesh" checkbox). .. But as previous poster said... It would be easier to understand what you are trying to achieve if you added a screenshot or two.

Also, if you're new to 3ds max you will learn soon enough that for almost every tedious, repetitive task, there is a max-script for it 😉 It's usually worth checking http://www.scriptspot.com/ and see if theres something there that accomodates your needs.

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[Anonymous]

Thanks for the fast replies guys :). I want to divide the ship into submeshes so I can easily see through the exterior of a particular floor by just disabling that submesh. I did check out scriptspot but I didn't find what I was looking for, mainly due to me not knowing what to search for.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

select the mesh and put a "slice" modifier on top of that mesh, play with slice settings for wanted results?

edit: ok no i'm being an ****, that's not what ur looking for, you wanna be able to select and hide meshes. If you want to avoid making multiple meshes you can also select a number of polygons in the mesh and do a "delete mesh" - modifier, this way you can turn it off or on. If not simply select the polygons, and do a "detach" in the mesh-control panel on the right. This will create a second seperate mesh from the first one. And so on

[Anonymous]

You have no idea how thankful I am for this, it's working perfectly! 🙂

Thanks a lot man.