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[Solved] Hidden geometry and cutoff tool - workflow problem


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Hi Guys,

 

I'm working on a complex model (sorry I'm unable to show it due to NDA) but here is my problem.

 

I need to remove some areas using the cutoff tool -- that's not a problem.  However, some of the areas that I need to remove are very hard to reach, so I need to hide areas of the geometry using the hide tool... again... no problem.

 

Ok, so now I can use the cutoff tool to remove the unwanted areas of the mesh... ok, all that works fine.

 

Now that I'm done I use unhide all command to bring back the geometry that I had hidden previously but when I do this, it also brings back the areas which I just removed using the cutoff tool... which isn't want I want.  I want the areas that I remove with the cutoff tool to be gone.

 

So how do I get around this?

 

Any ideas?

 

Cheers,

 

Joe

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Hi Carlosan,

 

I'm not entirely sure... but I don't think so.

 

To better try and explain what I want to do let me attempt to simplify....

 

1. Hide areas of mesh with hide tool (I'm doing this so that I don't destroy certain areas of mesh)

 

2. On remaining non-hidden areas of mesh, remove specific areas using Cutoff tool (in my case I am using to make holes in mesh).

 

3. Unhide hidden areas of mesh using unhide all command.

 

 

Result... when mesh is unhidden areas that I had removed using Cutoff tool return.

 

Hope this makes sense.

 

Cheers,

 

Joe

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Looks like a new bug: 'Deleted geometry restored with "Unhide All" command which acts like Undo.

 

 

Oh dear, I was afraid of that.   Is there anyway that I can follow/track this bug.... so that I can see if it gets fixed?

 

This is somewhat of a showstopper for me :-(

 

Cheers,

 

Joe

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UPDATE - PROBLEM SOLVED !!!

 

 

Problem Solved -- this error was entirely my fault.
 
I have a few old versions of 3D coat on my machine and it looks like I mistakenly ran an older build.
 
When I ran version 4.0.03 - things did NOT work properly.
 
However....
 
Once I ran build 4.1.17 everything worked as expected.
 
Sorry.... just a simple case of user error.
 
My apologies for the confusion.
 
Thanks for helping me out with this, I appreciate it.
 
Cheers,
 
Joe
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