I'd check the stack for locks. There's a "Node/Topology Lock" kind of lock which can lock topo and make some things error.
I've never heard of the lock disappearing after renaming though, so it may not be that. Very odd indeed! On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Tim Crowson <[email protected]> wrote: > This is pure wackiness. > > I have 3 polymeshes in my scene, all derived from Grid primitives. > Transforms frozen, modeling frozen, UVs frozen. They are called: > Shrubbery_Card_A > Shrubbery_Card_B > Shrubbery_Card_C > > Cards B and C are fine. For Shrubbery_Type_A, I am unable to edit the > topology in any way (apart from moving points). I cannot duplicate, slice, > knife, connect, or anything. I get an error every time I try. Here's the > error if I try to duplicate some polygons: > # ERROR : 2000 - Argument 0 (Target) is invalid > # ERROR : 2001-EDIT-SetValue - Argument 0 is invalid - [line 4163 in > C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage > 2012.SAP\Application\DSScripts\operators.vbs] > Application.DuplicateMeshComponent("", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", > "", "", "", "", "") > > > Now here's the weird part. I can rename 'Shrubbery_Card_A' to ANYTHING ELSE > and I can edit the mesh just fine. But if I name it specifically > 'Shrubbery_Card_A' I lose all ability to edit the geometry (again, apart > from moving things). So I can actually rename it to something else, delete > and add points as usual, and then rename it back to 'Shrubbery_Card_A' to > essentially lock the ability to edit it. > > I have tried Extract Delete: same thing. > I have tried relaunching the scene: same thing. > I tried restarting XSI: same thing. > I can, however, duplicate cards B or C and rename those to > 'Shrubbery_Card_A' and everything is fine. > > Any idea why the name of a polymesh would prohibit the editing of its > topology, and throw this error? > > -- > > > > Tim Crowson > Lead CG Artist > > Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio, Inc. > 2525 Lebanon Pike, Building C. Nashville, TN 37214 > Ph 615.885.6801 | Fax 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com > [email protected] > >
