These settings seem to change on me, so I need to get them all down in one place so I know how to set them back again...
http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2016/ENU//index.html?guid=GUID-8C8BA1F4-59EE-4A02-BFE7-9193C0D6F5BE
http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2016/ENU//index.html?guid=GUID-8C8BA1F4-59EE-4A02-BFE7-9193C0D6F5BE
- Maya Selection Preferences:
- Modifiers (If something isn't listed, it means its off)
- Affects active : If you change from object to component selection mode, the selected object is not affected. This option lets you select objects and components at the same time.
- Preselection Highlight : Highlights components in a different color as the mouse cursor passes over them.
- Preserve Component Selections : This option applies to polygon components only. When on, this option backs up your component selection when you switch selection type, and restores the type that you are switching to.
- Track selection order : This option allows Maya to start tracking the selection order of components.
- Click box size : 8 : This option controls the size of the selection area around the mouse pointer, or click box.
- Select dead space : 8 : Lets you select edges and vertices when your cursor is outside of your object, in dead space, by setting a preselection tolerance.
- Tweak dead space : 120 : Lets you tweak edges and vertices when your cursor is outside of your object, in dead space, by setting a preselection tolerance.
- Modifiers (If something isn't listed, it means its off)
- Modeling Toolkit:
- Pick/Marquee : On
- Camera Based Selection : OFF : This will only pick components you can see.
- All others: OFF