[Maya] Modeling Toolkit Questions

throttlekitty

I'm trying to use this new modeling toolkit in Maya 2015 and this little thing bugs me. With a selection, I can hold d+control to aim the pivot at another component, which works fine. But this also seems to lock the pivot's location to where it was when the command was done. Say I move the selection, and the pivot keeps snapping back to that same spot. Plus, it sticks between selections, which is extra annoying.

I can d+click (plus shift or control) in an empty area to reset location or rotation of the pivot, but this continues the mindless behavior, I'd need to go back to world or object pivot mode, but that defeats the purpose of the simple onscreen shortcuts.

Is there a way to avoid this? An option I missed?

antweiler

I guess you locked the temporary pivot by clicking on the small blue circle above the manipulator, which can be quite close to the manip, if you are far zoomed out. Click it again and you have default component pivot behavior.
Look here under "To keep the pivot in place while working with components"
http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2014/en_us/index.html?url=files/Transforming_objects_Change_the_pivot_point.htm,topicNumber=d30e20082

throttlekitty

That circle doesn't exist in the Modeling Toolkit version of the manipulator.

throttlekitty

This toolkit adds some really great stuff, but breaks a lot of other things. Smooth Mesh Preview: need to either hit the hotkey twice or check the box in the attribute editor twice to actually get the display. I'm discovering lots of little inconsistencies that make working in it an incredible pain. (I'm coming from Maya2012 here.)

In other news, Bevel is still eating glue.