Template:Maya2017 Troubleshooting
Maya 2017 - Frequently Asked Questions
User Interface
“All my toolbars, shelves and toolboxes have disappeared”
You are probably in full-screen mode.
Press Ctrl + space to toggle between normal mode and full-screen mode.
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“When I try to select a vertex, surrounding vertices are also selected”
Soft Select is probably enabled accidentally. Double-click either your Selection tool or your Move/Rotate/Scale tool and disable Soft Select from the tool options.
Alternatively press the keyboard shortcut b for Soft Select to switch it on or off..
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“I don’t see the ViewCube anymore”
The viewcube sometimes gets disabled. You can re-enable it through:
Window » Settings/Preferences » Preferences
Go to the section Interface, subsection ViewCube and check Show the ViewCube.
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“I don’t see my Layers and or Channelbox”
Make sure the Channelbox/Layer Editor panel is active. Click these buttons in the top right corner.
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“My windows, tabs or menu bars are gone or in the wrong place”
You can reset the User Interface back to factory defaults to fix the placement of all the windows, tabs and menu bars. Go to Windows > Workspaces > Reset “Maya Classic” to Factory Default.
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“My main menu-bar (File, Edit, Modify, etc) has disappeared”
Press and hold space somewhere in one of your viewports. The Hotbox will appear. Left click and hold on the Hotbox Controls box. A pulldown unfolds. Select Window Options at the bottom. Make sure Show Main menu bar is checked.
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“My shelf doesn’t show the shelf tabs”
Left-click the downward arrow and select Shelf Tabs. The shelf tabs should now appear.
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“The move tool manipulators are rotated”
Is your move tool manipulators not aligned to the default XYZ directions and rotated?
Double-click on the move tool and select World to set the manipulators back to the XYZ world space.
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“My move manipulators are gone”
Are the manipulators gone when you select the move tool or when you go into component mode?
Double-click on the move tool and uncheck the Tweak Mode.
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“My move tool moves in increments”
Does your move tool only move by a specific unit or it looks like it snaps to a grid and doesn’t allow you to move smoothly?
If your object appears to be snapping to the grid, then you can turn off Snap to grids.
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