Create a partition to prevent overlapping set memberships

Partitions lets you group sets together while ensuring that the sets do not share members.

To create a partition

Use the Outliner or Relationship Editor to select the sets you want to go in the new partition.
Select Create > Sets > Partition.
The sets in the partition are now prevented from having overlapping membership.

To create a new set in a partition

Select the items you want to go in the new set.
Select Create > Sets > Set > .
Do one of the following:
- To add the set to a partition only if it’s already exclusive (that is, it doesn’t overlap with any of the sets in the partition), click Only If Exclusive.
- To add the set to a partition and remove any members that are already in other sets in the partition, click By Making Exclusive.
Select the name of the partition to add this set to from the Partition pop-up menu.
Click Apply and Close.
If you chose Only If Exclusive and the set overlaps sets in the partition, Maya does not add the set to the partition and a warning appears on the status line.

To edit the membership of a partition

Select Windows > Relationship Editors > Partitions.
On the left side, click the partition you want to add to.
On the right side, click to highlight the sets you want in the partition.

You can also select the sets you want to add to a partition in the Outliner, and then in the Relationship Editor’s left side menus select Edit > Add Selected Items.

To remove a set from a partition

Select Windows > Relationship Editors > Partitions.
On the left side, click the plus icon to next to the partition name to show its contents.
Click the set you want to remove.
In the Relationship Editor’s left side menus select Edit > Remove Highlighted From Partition.

To delete a partition

Select Windows > Relationship Editors > Partitions.
Select the partition and press Delete.
Deleting the partition does not delete its member sets.

Create a partition to prevent overlapping set memberships

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