can't select mesh

[Anonymous]

I'm relearning Maya and trying to remember where things are in my interface. In the midst of brushing up on my skills I hit a snag. I accidently locked myself out of selecting my mesh and seeing it with its texture. hitting 5 does nothing, my attributes are not greyed out therefore not locked. I thought the heirarchy may have been altered but nothing seems to be jogging my memory on hoe to get this thing selectable again. it's not live either. aacck help I don't wanna start over 😕

[cornelh]

Hi animal08usa,

Great to hear you are giving Maya a spin again.  As far a not being able to select your object, you might have put it into a layer and made it only renderable, ad not selectable.  here is some documentation that explains the use of layers:  Maya display layers Another possibility is that you have changed your selection settings to not include Objects or Polygons.  

You might have clicked the "select by hierarchy"  instead of object selection or component mode. Please see below link

more info here: Maya selection types

Let me know if this helps.