I did a search for this before asking this question but didn't find it answered to my liking.

MoI is so intuitive that it gave me the courage to try a more "advanced" 3d package in Modo.

I'm quite a newbie when it comes to this stuff so i'm not sure if this question is stupid.

I've tried exporting files as both .obj and .lwo formats. Both that can be read by modo. Maybe I am too big of a newbie to Modo and am missing something stupid but when I end up using those files in modo, it doesnt allow me to edit the model. It just groups the objects by shape, allowing me to texture / render it.

Ideally I would like to make the model defining shapes with the easy to use MoI interface and then go into Modo to add lots of fine details.

I noticed that a few people have mentioned using modo with MoI. Am I doing something wrong or is it just a limitation that's caused by bringing a NURBS based file into a sub-d program?

Sorry for the long winded post.

-Rado

have you done a modo tutorial because its sounds to me like you're in item or material selection mode. try pressing the spacebar to go through the different selection modes; vert, edge ,poly; then you should be able to edit your geometry.

also you may have to doubleclick the file name (group) FIRST to allow editing if you don't know which object is which. this will allow editing of all objects in scene not just the selected one.

keep in mind Modo is very complex and not easy to get used to, so if you're new to 3D probably not the best place to start.

Hi Rado - I'd generally recommend using the .lwo format for going into Modo.

There shouldn't be any limitation on editing these objects inside of Modo. But I think that you have to activate one of the "Transform" tools inside of Modo before you can drag objects or points around, I don't think that Modo is set up to allow you to drag objects around inside of the plain "selection mode", which is what you may be used to in MoI.

Does that help any? Let me know if you are still stuck.

- Michael

Thanks,

That helps a lot. I am getting to be pretty proficient with MoI. I'm just starting to learn the basics of Modo and I guess that I must have missed the Item select mode in the Modo tutorials.