 | | | instance to object revisited | instance to object revisited 2003-12-08 - By George Dechiara
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duplicate -un;
seems to work for me too.
You could also try
duplicate -smartTransform;
To turn an instance into a non-instance.
--g
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: <brettkeyes@(protected)>
To: <maya@(protected)>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: instance to object revisited
> This is really starting to baffle me. Ive tried doing the 'delete -un'
> on both my computers a home and my machine at work...I still get the
> same result: an exact duplicate of the first instance.
> For this simple test, Im creating some particles with the particle
> tool, making a cube and intancing it to the particles. I then select
> the 'instance1' node and do 'duplicate -un'...the result is an
> 'instance2' node not an object.???
> What is going on here? i feel like im going insane...anyone?
>
> _Brett Keyes
> FX artist
>
>
> On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 05:09 AM, Wood, Matt wrote:
>
> > duplicate -un seems to work just fine in a simple test scene with v5.0.
> >
> > Try a test scene for yourself. If it works then there is something
> > wrong with your working scene. If the test scene doesn't work either
> > then either there's something lurking in your prefs or maybe you're
> > doing it wrong. Make sure you have the actual instance selected and
> > not some other node higher in the hierarchy.
> >
> >
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: brettkeyes@(protected) [mailto:brettkeyes@(protected)]
> > Sent: 08 December 2003 09:54
> > To: maya@(protected)
> > Subject: instance to object revisited
> >
> >
> >
> > I know this have been discussed quite a few time in this list, but I
> > cannot get instanced objects to convert to 'real' objects in maya 4.5
> > or 5.0. When i was working in version 4.0 i would just use 'duplicate
> > -un' or the 'makeUnique.mel' script, but neither of these methods seems
> > to work in 4.5/5.0. 'duplicate -un' just duplicates the instance and
> > 'makeUnique.mel' makes the instance disappear. has anyone been
> > successful in doing this in 4.5/5.0? I am just dying to find a
> > solution to this!
> >
> > -thnx
> > Brett Keyes
> > FX artist
> >
> >
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