Disable out clicking from component mode?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

So I have just started learning Maya, and I found this feature very frustrating, and cannot find a way to disable it.
The problem: When in component mode if I click to another object, it is selecting it. Is there a way to disable it?

(The live selection and layering methods are not my favourites to solve this.)

[mspeer]

Hi!

- Make it unselectable (Template)

- Hide it (Visibility "off")

- Viewport Isolate Selected

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[Anonymous]

Hi!

Ty for the reply,

I"m using the isolation, but there are scenarios when I need other meshes to be visible.
Making it unselectable, works, but too much steps if there are a bunch of meshes, then I need to re-enable them.
Thats why I"m looking for a general change to make it unable to misclick. Maybe a plugin or script if it cannot be changed.

[mspeer]

Hi!

Make use of Display Layers to change the Display Type (like "Template" and "Reference") for a group of objects with one click.

[Anonymous]

Hi!

Yes, it works, but too much steps.
I would love if the tool itself would work like that when I enter to component mode.

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

You can add this to the Ideas for Maya.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-ideas/idb-p/968

A Mel script should be possible, but there are a lot of problems to overcome when changing Drawing Overrides for all other objects in the scene and then change this back later, so i doubt you will see any workable script that does what you want for a wide range of different scenes.

What i suggest instead:

Use a local selection mode, for example right-mouse-click on an object -> Face, if you then accidentally select an other object (in Object mode) you can remove this selection instantly with a second click on this object.

[Anonymous]

Hi!

Yes, as I learn the new tools, I see there are some that relies on this feature, so a toggle function would be the best, so you could toggle it to enable-disable the "out clicking" function depending on what you currently do.

I will try to summarize it and post it to the ideas, thanks for sharing it!
For the time being, I will just get used to it.

[inet3537]

Hi! Try this script, maybe it will help you. It creates a layer and puts all objects in it except the selected one. https://github.com/SPluzh/MayaObjectComponentSelectionMode