Maya - Make multiple edges shorter without making them move towards edge other.

martynball

Hard question to word, basically in 3ds max I used to be able to use the Scale Tool to scale down some edges, but I could have the scale tool move to the last edge I selected, so when I scaled them the edges would stay in the same place but be scaled.



How do I do that in Maya, when I try to reszie the edges they just move in or out due to the pivot's position.

SonicBlue

Damn Maya, I was going to rage quit.

Go to Edit Mesh, select Transofrm and scale down or up (using one of the the cubes) in the correct axis.

martynball

Awesome thanks! I was just using the normal scale tool as that's how I did it in 3ds max aha

Tzur_H

Try this:
1. enable modeling toolkit
2. select the edges
3. hold R+Left mouse button - a popup menu will appear under your mouse cursor - change scale to Local
4. scale using the x,y,z box

also, 2016 looks cool :P not using maya anymore though

SonicBlue

That's how XSI do it too, in Local mode, that's why I couldn't figure it out, and I started reading the small description of the various options (bottom left)

martynball

Thanks guys, will keep these in mind. I used to be decent and quick in 3ds max, but had to use Maya at Uni so used to that now, would take a while get used to max again, not touched it for so long. Same thing though tbh

SonicBlue

Tzur_H wrote: »

Try this:
1. enable modeling toolkit
2. select the edges
3. hold R+Left mouse button - a popup menu will appear under your mouse cursor - change scale to Local
4. scale using the x,y,z box

also, 2016 looks cool :P not using maya anymore though

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya-lt/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/MayaLT/files/GUID-9BCE8B23-6DA6-4C7F-B897-7E25D6E8A865-htm.html

They changed some of the names, Local is now Parent, and holding down R doesn't show the new Parent mode, in LT at least