I've been gettin back into Lightwave againa and when i was trying to model something i had trouble doing thisw. How do you divide an edge like in max. I want to add a vert to it so i can add detail. I know there aren't many Lightwavers on Sumea but, can some one help.
Edit: one more question. Is it possible to select another vert or poly without having to deselct my current selection and and having the current selection deselect automatically. EG: i have to rows of poly's and i have one sellected, to select the next row and deselct the current one do i have to manually deselect then select the next or do is there some way to automatically select the next row and deselect the current one.
think you can hold down shift to add to selection (one caveat, i'm still using lightwave 5)
if you have nothing selected, action effect everything
if you have a selection, selection events act to deselect
shift ' [shift and single quote] inverses selection
square back brace flows selection
slash / deselects
right mouse lasso select
= hide unselected
- hides selected // hiding points seems not to hide triangles attached to them
space cycles edit mode [points, polys, exclude, include]
forslash, unhide all
shift + add point mode, left to position cursor, right to place vert
p to constuct triangle (plane) on selected vert
k to delete triangle and leave verts
.... i could easily go on but need to go now
Got another question, like moony's maya help thread this will become my lightwave help thread [:)]
Firstly how do you turn of snapping. When i drag a point i want to get it to a particular spot but it keeps snapping to another bit.
also is it possible to do instancing like in max, where you can mirror a half and instance it, which means everything you do into one side happens to the other as well. I have mirrored and turned on symettry for a object. but when i select a poly on one half and knife it, it doesn't happen to the poly on the other half, even though it appears to be selected. Here's a picture to help you understand:
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hopefully this is right
to slice a poly try pressing ctrl+k, when selecting polys or verts just hold down shift to select more. Also, in case you didn't realise, you can hold down the right mouse button to use a lasso for selection. Anyway, hope this helps