[Modo] Tool specific hotkeys?

o2_is_alright

I'm new to Modo and I'm working on setting up hotkeys. I had no problem with the basic stuff, it all went really smooth, but I can't seem to figure out how to create a tool specific hotkey.
What I was trying to do was to set up hotkeys to adjust the number of segments in the Loop slice tool and also change the mode between symmetry and free.
I've looked around in the list under "new assignment" in the Input editor but couldn't find any tool related options. But then again I don't relly know what to look for so I'm sure it's there somewhere. Any ideas?

Farfarer

I'm not sure you can do that straight up to work per-tool.

What you can do is write a script that'll fire a command based on the currently active tool (I've got various modal tools set up this way - for example, W is bound to weld unless I'm in item mode, then it'll activate the move tool).

Bryan Cavett

Just set the "Edit Mode" to "Tools" and the "Tool" to "Loop Slice" then you can right click on any of the greyed out hotkeys and add a new command. You dont need to look for the greyed out "new assignement" like the other hotkeys you made.

o2_is_alright

Oh well that was almost too easy:P Thanks alot Bryan!

Farfarer

Bryan Cavett wrote: »

Just set the "Edit Mode" to "Tools" and the "Tool" to "Loop Slice" then you can right click on any of the greyed out hotkeys and add a new command. You dont need to look for the greyed out "new assignement" like the other hotkeys you made.

Damn, I didn't know that one. Gonna have fun customizing everything now

WarrenM

RESURRECTION!

I'm trying to set up tool specific hot keys for the translate, rotate and scale tools but I'm having trouble as all 3 tools seem to be named "xfrm.transform". So I have something like this:

<hash type="Region" key="view3DTools+toolPreset.xfrm.transform+.anywhere@shift-x">@D:\Dropbox\WarrenModo\MyScripts\QuickFlipAcrossAxis.pl X</hash>

Which works great by firing a scaling specific script that I wrote BUT the problem is that it also fires in Translate and Rotate modes, which I don't want. I want to do something else in those modes ...

Does anyone know the syntax to differentiate the different transform tools?

WarrenM

Herp derp, never mind. For the curious Google traveler of the future, you want to use this format for the tool names:

toolPreset.TransformMove
toolPreset.TransformRotate
toolPreset.TransformScale

maxshade

How do i  create 
tool sensetive hotkeys in modo???

it don`t work when i set

context to [contextless]
edit mode to keyboard shortcuts
view mode to keyboard

can someone tell me in detail step by steb exacty witch buttons to push to get this to work

like say i want 
q - tool.attr prim.cylinder sides value:?-1
w - tool.attr prim.cylinder sides value:?+1
and have that to be tool sensetive hotkey 
so it only applys when i have cylinder selected / active or whatever

Bryan Cavett