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Advanced Masking Question [Answered]

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#1

I inserted this ‘button’ on a subtool and was able to transpose just the button. At the time I was happy with it and continued but now I’m having trouble selecting JUST the button for transposing. I can split the polygroups and select just the button with Ctrl+Shift which lets me transpose the button BUT it hides the rest of the subtool. Ideally I’d want to not mess around with polygroups, surely there must be a way to mask that damn button with 1 click? Similar to ‘select element’ in a 3D program?

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#2

Ah someone showed me a cool trick. Ctrl/Shift select it and hide the rest. Then mask with whatever (Rectangle tool) then unhide the rest and invert mask!

#3

Ideally I’d want to not mess around with polygroups, surely there must be a way to mask that damn button with 1 click?

:rolleyes: Actually you do want to mess with them, as well as individual subtools. :wink: When you insert, it will be a different group, it’s added to the selected subtool. You can split it off right then. Usually works best(for me) to work on a part of the model and bring in into the project then append and adjust as necessary.

#4

If you are on any of the transpose functions (move, scale or rotate) ctrl-clicking on a group (the button) will automask everything except the button.

#5

The simplest way is to use Mask By Polygroups. Set the Brush>AutoMasking>Mask By Polygroups slider to 100. Turn on Move mode and click+drag on the button to draw the Transpose line. You’ll then be able to move the button where you want.

http://docs.pixologic.com/reference-guide/brush/auto-masking/

#6

That last option works and it’s super easy. I do wonder if sliding it to 100 will cause problems elsewhere but for now it’s just what I needed. Thanks for the extra ideas.

#7

Just make sure to turn it off when you’re done using it or ‘there will be issues later’ :wink: