Mass Deletion of Histories

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# 1 16-11-2015 , 12:08 PM

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Hi
How can I collectively delete history nodes in the channel box?
For example, I've modeled a chair and there are several history nodes in the channel box. I cannot drag arbitrary nodes and then delete them.
Please Help me!

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# 2 16-11-2015 , 02:11 PM

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You can simply choose Edit > Delete by Type > History. You can also do the same thing with several objects selected if you wish.

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# 3 16-11-2015 , 05:17 PM

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I know the point, but I mean the deletion of part of history not all of them for a certain object. How?

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# 4 17-11-2015 , 12:32 AM

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Oh, that's a bit more complicated. What kind of nodes do you want to delete and why? You can try choosing delete non-deformer history if it's just deformers that you want to keep.

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# 5 17-11-2015 , 05:55 PM

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Imagine there are about 40 history nodes(10 vertices tweaking,25 face extrusion, 5 beveling). For example, I want to delete those extrusions and remain the other nodes. Is there any way?

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# 6 17-11-2015 , 06:04 PM

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Try deleting them in the node editor, does that screw up the mesh? If so, I'm not sure if there's a good way.

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# 7 18-11-2015 , 04:51 PM

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I want to do that in Maya 2014, I think 2014 dosen't has Node Editer. Dose it has?

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# 8 18-11-2015 , 04:54 PM

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You can navigate to the history nodes in the attribute editor (scroll right in the top tab), hit the select button at the bottom of the attribute editor, and hit delete. I don't know if that will leave your mesh intact, but it's worth a try.