grrr! what happend to my 3dsmax settings!!!

[cadana]

using 3dsmax 6. sorry for writing so long, but i wanted to make sure the problem was clear.

im working on my first car (nissan 350z) and i got into a little bit of a tough spot with my vertices, so i decided to delete a few and start a section over. when i went to clone an edge by moving it while holding 'shift', it doesnt make a clone anymore. nothing gets created. i then tried just moving a single vertice, and everything in my scene has become constrained extremly weird! id go to move a vertice just using the y axis and the vertice would move down, but then it would get to a certain point and bank and start moving along the x axis. did i hit a key or something that f'd up my scene or what? first time this has ever happened

i hope this is an easy fix cause im nearly done make the body of the car and i would hate to have to trash it. if u still need more description or other info. of the problem id be more than happy to post more. i could possibly make a video of the problem if someone can point me in the right direction to finding a program to capture what i do in 3dsmax.


here is an example. in this picture, i tried dragging the circled vertice towards the other half of the car in order to connect it, but it wont move any further then it is right now. i can drag it the other direction, but i cant go towards the other half. maybe that helps

[multimediaman]

you hit the nail on the head with the constraints..

unfortunately I'm not quite familiar enough with max 6 (and/or 5) to direct you to the axis constraints configuration so you can turn them off... but at least you know now to look for axis constraints

[blitzze]

Select the object that has the problem and go to the modify panel. Under the Edit Geometry rollout, you'll see a drop-down menu beside the word 'Constraints'. Select None.

[Chan]

Maybe you enabled the Snap option with the "S" key?

[cadana]

very good blitzze, that did the trick. thanks alot