Help needed with Geometry Editor

[Frank21]

There's parts if this tent that I don't want visible. I've created some new material zones and there are others that I can turn off visibility on. When I re-open the scene they're visible again and I need to turn them off all again.
What I want to do is delete the geometry so it's gone forever.
Can someone please run me through the process of deleting geometry using the geometry editor.

[Frank21]

Thanks LP. Off to try that. I've been using DS for so long I should have learnt that by now.

[Frank21]

OK so I select the geometry that I want deleted with the surface selection tool, and then in the viewport I right-click it, but no such Geometry Editing option is offered. Don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[Niala]

Once you have selected with the surface selection tool, turn to the geometry editor tool. Your surface selection will remain and you can delete the polygons that you want.
You can also select the polygons directly in the geometry editor. The number of selection methods is more limited, but generally sufficient.

[Frank21]

Is "remove selected group(s)" within the geometry editor the "delete" option? I don't see any delete option?, and after choosing to "remove selected group(s), all it does is make the selected group(s) unselectable but still visible in the render.
Thank you all but I've spent enough of your and my time this for today.
This video gives a more detailed description of the steps I need to follow. I'll see what I can do tomorrow.

[Niala]

Is “remove selected group(s)” within the geometry editor the “delete” option? I don’t see any delete option?, and after choosing to “remove selected group(s), all it does is make the selected group(s) unselectable but still visible in the render.

No RClick>Geometry Editing>Delete Selected Polygons

[gladson1976]

Select the Surface Selection tool from the Tool menu (Alt+Shift+M) and select the part you want to remove..
Select the Geometry Editor tool from the Tool menu (Alt+Shift+G)
Right click on the selected area and you should get this

[Frank21]

Thanks, I got it working. Seems I need to select the surfaces with the GT, and then delete the geometry. If I just use the surface selection tool first it doesn't create a selection, so nothing gets deleted.

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