Imported file from 3DS Max - separating faces

[steve-dorsey]

Hello

  I ordered a model from Turbosquid. It was built in 3DS Max, and I guess it has multiple shaders applied to one mesh. I have never worked this way, so I'm, new to this.

  I have one master object that has one mesh. I cannot ungroup or separate it any more than it already is. If I go to my hypershade and right'click > right side > "select objects with material", then the faces are selected that use that specific shader.

  What is the best way to separate these faces from the rest of the model so that they stand alone?

  Does anyone have any good info on how this concept is typically dealt with? Do I need to change my frame of mind when working with meshes?

Thanks,

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[joojaa]

What is the best way to separate these faces from the rest of the model so that they stand alone?

Why do you need them standalone?'

What is the best way to separate these faces

best is not defined. but presumably a for loop would do the trick.

[steve-dorsey]

The way I typically work is by having specific separate geometry for each material. When I imported this model, it was all one big joined mesh, and I want to convert it into something I am more familiar with. That's all.

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[joojaa]

specific separate geometry for each material

yes but is there a functional reason to do so in this case. See it will affect the look of the objact, as there will be a normal direction caused crease there, which will become visible. that may not be what you want. is the paers are separate then thos wont happen but thenagain one call to [plygons] -> mesh -> separate would do the trick. if not then you would probably alter the look.

dont do because i allways do so stuff. Do stuff because theres some, clear, benefit for doing so. And no downside. Theat is the best thing you can do.