Copying and pasting faces?

[Anonymous]

I am trying to copy selected faces on an object and pasting them so that I have a seperate set to work with but I am not allowed to do so and get this message "// Warning: Highlighted items will not be exported if they are not also selected."
I do have the polys selected that I want to copy so I am stuck.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hello, you need to use the DUPLICATE FACE command, just select the faces you need, go to polygon menu/edit mesh/duplicate face

The fast way: select the faces press and hold shift + right mouse and choose duplicate face

* You can't use ctrl+c, ctrl+v to copy and paste vertex, edges and faces, that's why you're getting that message.

* You can't copy faces and paste them in to another object you must select 2 objects and combine them.
* You can't combine polygon objects with nurbs or subdiv objects.


Have a nice day.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! I have recently switched from another software and am just getting to know Maya.

[Anonymous]

Very good, I recommend you to learn all the hotkeys in maya it will help you to improve your speed workflow.

[Anonymous]

I totally agree and am on it. Thanks again for the input and taking the time to do the illustration.

[xCyborg]

Any chance we get proper component cut/copy/paste inside the same object and between objects any time soon?

Maya 2018 maybe?

[norbyscook]

modo is the only program I know that has it

[brokanteur]

yes, modo is at hundreds billions of light-year of 3ds max for modelling