help with 3-d cockpit object please

crash · 13th March 2009, 07:31 PM

Greetings everybody. long time reader first time poster.

here's my issue: I have a 3-D cockpit object from a payware author.
what I want to accomplish is moving the seat objects back away from the
control panel so my view isn't so smushed against the windshield!
here's the problem: normally when I want to take a look under a surface I
simply highlight the surface and then select " hide selected" button.
however the problem I am having is the entire object, seats and everything
disapear when I try this method. I have tried in all 4 modes. from vertex to full object.
including surface mode ( which I expected to work in the first place)
I found a workaround using the " remove surface" button, however this seemed counterproductive because after 1.5 hours of selecting the seats and getting them moved just so, I found myself unable to recover the surfaces of the interior
of my 3-d virtual cockpit.

I guess what I want to know is, what other methods for hiding just a section of

surface are available?( temporarily) Since simply selecting " hide selected"

is hiding nearly the entire object despite only some surfaces being selected.

thanks in advance! _ Crash

13th March 2009, 07:31 PM	#1
crash Junior Member Junior member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: central minnesota Posts: 5	help with 3-d cockpit object please Greetings everybody. long time reader first time poster. here's my issue: I have a 3-D cockpit object from a payware author. what I want to accomplish is moving the seat objects back away from the control panel so my view isn't so smushed against the windshield! here's the problem: normally when I want to take a look under a surface I simply highlight the surface and then select " hide selected" button. however the problem I am having is the entire object, seats and everything disapear when I try this method. I have tried in all 4 modes. from vertex to full object. including surface mode ( which I expected to work in the first place) I found a workaround using the " remove surface" button, however this seemed counterproductive because after 1.5 hours of selecting the seats and getting them moved just so, I found myself unable to recover the surfaces of the interior of my 3-d virtual cockpit. I guess what I want to know is, what other methods for hiding just a section of surface are available?( temporarily) Since simply selecting " hide selected" is hiding nearly the entire object despite only some surfaces being selected. thanks in advance! _ Crash