Looking for navigation tips - splitting a scene

[michaelwhang]

As a beginner, I'm finding that when I get into small spaces (e.g., a narrow hallway), I have trouble navigating and manipulating items in the viewport.

 

I've played with wireframe mode, as well as enabling options like see-through, as well as hiding unnecessary elements as much as possible (e.g., the ceiling), but I still encounter times when things like certain sections of the walls get in the way.

 

Is there a way to split/slice the scene, so that I can focus on just one part of the scene?

 

I've played with the Slice modifier, but that doesn't seem to work well if I want to continue working in Edit Poly mode at the same time, if that makes any sense.

 

I suppose I could separate the objects I'm working on, e.g., split off sections of the wall as separate objects and hide them accordingly, but that seems like overkill.

 

An effect like Slice across the entire scene, so that I can rotate/remove top/bottom temporarily, would seem ideal.

 

Any advice or suggestions?

[James Vella]

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[Francisco Penaloza]

not really besides the options that you already mentioned.

This is not a new request and you may for sure submit it to Autodesk and see if it can be implemented on the near future.

This request usually come from users that start doing 3D within other software such REVIT or Sketchup where this function is implemented.

3D Max it is older that any of those tools so it carry the "original" 3D workflow

 

I usually try to organize my scene so I can temporary hide elements that I am not working on, Isolate, Hide layers, XRef, Freeze, and others are the "typical" workflow for most 3D software to deal with isolation of elements in your scene.