Mesh separate isn't working

[b.l.rutlidge]

I've been working on a few characters, out of nowhere mesh separate stops working. I try to open a new scene to see if it works and it doesn't. I select the faces and go to Mesh - separate and the object doesn't do anything. It deselects the faces and selects the whole object. I could reset preferences but I really don't want to do that, could someone maybe connect to my PC if possible.

Thanks or reading my message 🙂

Brandon

[jacktoler1]

Just to make sure, are you wanting to use Extract Faces instead? Mesh Separate only works when the faces are detached from the object already, but Extract Faces will make the faces selected into their own object even if the faces are still connected to the object.

Edit Mesh -> Extract Faces

If you still would rather use Separate Mesh you can try first using Detach Faces, which disconnects the faces from the object but keeps the faces attached to the object. That explanation doesn't really work that well but here, let me add a video kind of going through all of these ideas.

Edit Mesh -> Detach Faces THEN Mesh -> Separate Mesh

If I misunderstood the issue or any of these solutions don't work for you, please let me know and I'll see if I can try and help better!

[lqueroPXHF7]

I had a similar issue. 

I selected the faces I wanted to separate and did Edit Mesh > Extract, and that fixed it for me too.