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# 1 16-07-2011 , 08:25 PM

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Maya2012 - objects light up yellow

So i started to model a second robot model [slightly more fun than guns, more of a challenge] and I pressed some key or other and now my model lights up yellow and when I try to resize like 1 face with the resize tool the whole model resizes even though i have only 1 face selected

it looks like this

user added image

anyone know how to turn this off?

thanks

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# 2 16-07-2011 , 08:55 PM

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Read the FAQs: https://simplymaya.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35308
and press b

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# 3 16-07-2011 , 09:44 PM

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don`t think thats the softselection so pressing B will not help here.

But I don`t know what you have done

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# 4 16-07-2011 , 10:41 PM

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Why isn't that soft select? It looks like it to me.

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# 5 17-07-2011 , 07:37 AM

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It could also be the new feature of maya 2012, the yellow dotted previz scale, this new feature visualizes how the model would look in a different scale whilest being in componentmode......... superhandy

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# 6 17-07-2011 , 08:03 AM

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Why isn't that soft select? It looks like it to me.

Originally Posted by stwert

Because at default the section is a flame like pattern (yellow 2 black - see faq) and if he has noy turned it on himself i dout he changed the settings

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# 7 17-07-2011 , 02:39 PM

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Hi Tweety, that depends on how big the object and the corresponding radius of the softselect is.
Press and hold B and drag the MMB, you"ll see then user added image

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# 8 17-07-2011 , 02:53 PM

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If it is not soft select then it could be he has turned reflection on. Reflection turns all affected vertices yellow. Hold the left mouse button and the w key together a marking menu will open up and on top is reflection. Make sure it is not checked.

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# 9 17-07-2011 , 03:02 PM

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It's just the softselect guys...just press B and it's gone, reflection does turn the affected components yellow but since he only selected a face ( see his screengrab) that would only affect the toprow of vertices not the entire model....