No you're not the only one. And that's one of the main reasons why I work in Softimage when I can, before exporting to Maya and get crazy again.
Maya has had these problems since forever. Maya 2016 Extension 2 was supposed to fix this selection problem, and in that moment after reading the news I though, finally ! we will be able to select what we actually want to select ! Which is ironic considering how may years of development this software has, but so far I've noticed that it is just a little better than before. I haven't had problems like yours at object level, but in component level, yes. A lot. It doesn't let me select some components and select a near one. Sometimes I have to try quite a few times to select a simple point. Another similar problem is that Multi-cut sometimes doesn't let me select a point to add an edge. It just doesn't let me click. So I have to use the old split edge tool that isn't anywhere anymore in the GUI but you can call it by command. And although it isn't as fancy as Multi-cut, at least it does what I want all the time. Add an edge ! The tweak mode is also a nightmare. Probably 5 out of 10 times it doesn't select the point I want, or doesn't select anything at all. Oh I miss Softimage's M key. Martin On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Morten Bartholdy <x...@colorshopvfx.dk> wrote: > Am I the only one being seriously annoyed by the seeming inaccuracy of > selection of items in Maya viewports? > > I click directly on geometry with plenty of screenspace around, and Maya > selects an adjacent object. Orbit a bit and dolly in, try again - Maya > selects another irrelevant adjacent object. Click elsewhere on object I > want to select, and finally I get to select it. WTF were they thinking? > > I find myself selecting adjacent objects and rig elements, making quick > selection sets (so I can quickly find and unhide them again) and hiding > them, just to select one particular object. Needless to say it is a massive > waste of time. > > Is there a reason behind this madness or is is something like depth > sorting inaccuracy or what?? > > > Morten > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >
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