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Requesting clarification about "subtools"

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#1

Hello Everyone,

As an experiment, I wanted to see if I could take the ear off the rhino, save it as a subtool, and attach it to another model. I’m thinking Subtool Master would allow me to do that with a merge.

I used mask-hide-delete_hidden to delete all of the rhino except one ear, which I then saved as a separate ztool. I brought that tool into a new document, and I wanted to subdivide it. In the Geometry palette, SDiv was grayed-out, but the Divide button was available. However, when I hit the Divide button, the entire rhino appeared, reattached to the ear. What happened? Does what I’m trying to do even make any sense?

Thanks,
Doc Pit

#2

that should work.
could you post up a step by step of what you’re doing. I’m guessing a step is missing, or an extra one is being used.

#3

Thanks for your suggestion. I went through the process twice before posting, but I did it a third time, and this time it worked.

Before, I hid the rhino in sections and hit the DelHidden key after the rhino was completely hidden. This time, after I hid each section, I deleted that section. I don’t know why that would make a difference, but, apparently, it did. At least I could subdivide the ear without recalling the rhino. Now, I’ll try the rest of it. Thanks, again.