splitting/detaching a model into 2...

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:02 pm

i've got a gun i'm trying to model (too bad i suck) based off of a squirt gun i've got layin around (no reference pics, but it works fine hands-on, and i'm not going for 100% accuracy). i've got a decent model so far, but i'd like to make the pistol's slide actually animatable. because i've got the thing as a single object, i was wondering if i can split it into two, so i can animate it. i might have asked something like this before, and i didn't search a ton, so i'm gonna go back to that for a sec, but if you know the answer, or someplace i can find out, please tell me.

SnaFuBAR · Post by **SnaFuBAR** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:09 pm

select the polies of the slide and click detach.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:39 pm

...add frame to it and name it frame slider link the frame slider to the frame gun and animate

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:02 pm

ah, i found the detach button. stupid gui layout.