Can't Select Control Points

[hecklenjeckle]

Hey folks, can anyone help me, I'm working on a model and suddenly I can't select any control points. If I click on one or any of them nothing happens that I can see. On a rare occasion if I try and grab a whole section of points the green selection box will grab another area of the model.

 

I tried opening older versions and the same thing happens, which is nothing, so then I thought perhaps reinstalling the software might help.

 

It didn't, same problem. I'm going through the Posts now to see if this has happened to anyone else but I may as well start a new post also and get the ball rolling, Help me animation masters, I'm getting desperate. Aj

[Rodney]

It would be useful to show us a screen capture (if you don't now how just ask).

Then we can see what you see.

 

It reads like you have an option toggled on that shouldn't be (Mirror Mode, Magnet Mode... up on the top on the right of the tool menu).

[hecklenjeckle]

It would be useful to show us a screen capture (if you don't now how just ask).

Then we can see what you see.

 

It reads like you have an option toggled on that shouldn't be (Mirror Mode, Magnet Mode... up on the top on the right of the tool menu).

 

 

Hi Rodney,

 

I am unaware of how to do a screen capture, would you mind running me through it? I double checked those buttons on the tool bar (Mirror Mode, Magnet Mode, Compensate , Snap Manipulator to Grid) and none of those are checked. This might also help describe what's going on to you, I just tried drawing a spline and it made the new spline about ten squares above where my cursor was drawing.

 

Similarly when I select an area with the cursor another part of the model above where I am selected becomes highlighted as I described earlier. I'd love to be able to show you, so I'll await your reply and screen capture you what's the haps. Peace out Rodney, talk to you in a bit, aj

[Fuchur]

First of: Make sure you didnt activate LOCK-mode. -> on the right in the toolbar where you can add splines with.

 

A screenshot can be taken by pressing the "Print"-Button on your keyboard. (next to F12 on a windows-machine).

After that, open Photoshop or any other paintsoftware and go to "Edit -> Paste". (or press CTRL+V).

 

Save it as JPG and upload it here.

 

*Fuchur*

[Gerry]

Actually it looks like hecklenjeckle is on a Mac. To do a screen grab you need to use Grab, a utility that's in your Applications>Utilities folder. Double click Grab (and add it to your dock while you're at it!) and under Capture, click Screen. Follow the instructions in the popup window, and after a second the screen grab will appear in a window. Click Save, then open it in Photoshop and convert to a jpeg.

 

You can browse to the jpeg and post that here. Your problem does sound like you've got some tool or pref checked that shouldn't be.

[largento]

Or, to do it quickly, simply hold down command-shift-3 and you'll hear a camera noise and a png file will appear on your desktop. If you hold down command-shift-4, you can drag a marquee around what you want to capture, or press the shift bar and you can select which window to capture.

[hecklenjeckle]

Or, to do it quickly, simply hold down command-shift-3 and you'll hear a camera noise and a png file will appear on your desktop. If you hold down command-shift-4, you can drag a marquee around what you want to capture, or press the shift bar and you can select which window to capture.

 

Thanks guys, let's see if I get this pic to you. Also I noticed that the grid is not viewable, does this have anything to do with what function I have selected that is causing this problem? Or do the red marker lines have anything to do with it, how do I remove them? Thanks Aj

[hecklenjeckle]

Or, to do it quickly, simply hold down command-shift-3 and you'll hear a camera noise and a png file will appear on your desktop. If you hold down command-shift-4, you can drag a marquee around what you want to capture, or press the shift bar and you can select which window to capture.

 

Thanks guys, let's see if I get this pic to you. Also I noticed that the grid is not viewable, does this have anything to do with what function I have selected that is causing this problem? Or do the red marker lines have anything to do with it, how do I remove them? Thanks Aj

 

 

The bottom wing is the one I'm trying to select but the top wing is highlighted. I also noticed that if I Zoom out some and grab the bottom wing, it will not select the top wing. It seems to be a specific distance and not a measurement on the grid.

[Caroline]

I can't see anything wrong there.

 

Are you able to click on a single control point and select it? If you can, press the / key and does that select all CPs connected to that selected CP?

 

You don't have the PWS showing on the left, that is unusual. Click View Menu > Project Workspace. Is the model selected in the PWS?

[hecklenjeckle]

I can't see anything wrong there.

 

Are you able to click on a single control point and select it? If you can, press the / key and does that select all CPs connected to that selected CP?

 

You don't have the PWS showing on the left, that is unusual. Click View Menu > Project Workspace. Is the model selected in the PWS?

 

Hi Caroline, no I can't select a single control point either, when I do if it's roughly two inches below a place on screen where there are cp's than one or more will be selected depending on whether I;m trying to select one or many. If I zoom out and there are no cp's roughly that same distance above where I'm selecting I get nothing.

 

Here is a screen image with the model selected in PWS. (It had been unselected in the View tab) Also do the Compensate lines have anything to do with this and how does one remove them, is this off topic? thanks and Happy Thanks if you're in the US and celebrating, aj

[Rodney]

I can't see anything amiss via your screen shot (the last one wasn't attached however and a view into the Project Workspace listing might help).

 

If you look under Tools / Options on the Global tab are you using Direct3D or OpenGL?

 

If you are using an older version of A:M you might want to look into updating your current display driver.

[hecklenjeckle]

I can't see anything amiss via your screen shot (the last one wasn't attached however and a view into the Project Workspace listing might help).

 

If you look under Tools / Options on the Global tab are you using Direct3D or OpenGL?

 

If you are using an older version of A:M you might want to look into updating your current display driver.

 

Hey Rodney, I think I'm using Open GL, at least under Tools Options Global Tab, Open GL is the only thing that comes up in the Real-time Driver. I'm running version 15.03 of AM. I tried another screen shot too.

[hecklenjeckle]

I don't know what's going on but I feel like the guy in that Twilight Zone episode who lost his keys and suddenly they've been put back in a place where he's already looked for them by the guys who make a new complete reality for every minute of existence. We simply pass through these separate realities and think they are one and the same. MY CONTROL POINTS ARE BACK!!!

 

I was just going over Rodney's comment and wondering what the difference between Direct3D or OpenGL was and I thought I'd look through the Tools Options. Under Global I noticed Undo was set to 20 so I clicked on Unlimited and hit OK. I went back to my model and thought, "Why not try selecting a CP?" It turned Green. What the fuuuuhhhhh?! I set Undo back to 20 and I can still select my CP's so thanks for your help Rodney, Fuchur, Gerry, largento, and Caroline, after a not so sumptuous dinner, this made my Thanksgiving. Now I can get back this model. Goodnight folks, namaste, aj

[Rodney]

Some things will forever remain in mystery.

At least things are working as they should again.

Thats the important thing.

 

 

(I should have known... but somehow forgot... with a Mac the only option is going to be OpenGL)

[Gerry]

Or, to do it quickly, simply hold down command-shift-3 and you'll hear a camera noise and a png file will appear on your desktop. If you hold down command-shift-4, you can drag a marquee around what you want to capture, or press the shift bar and you can select which window to capture.

Ya know I was trying to remember those key combos! I finally concluded that with Grab, Apple may have phased them out, but I was misremembering was all.

 

But to capture just the window it's space bar, not shift.

[largento]

Oops!

 

Good catch, Gerry!

 

I had way too little sleep the night before... :-)