Resetting XForm modifier work the same?

Chase

I heard the modifier didn't work over actually selecting Reset XForm in the Tools menu, but maybe I heard wrong?

TrampledUnderFoot

Doesn't it just apply a transform modifier on there anyway when you do it through the tools menu?

Eric Chadwick

Nope. The utility also re-aligns the pivot to world space. When you apply modifier alone, it assumes the existing pivot.

Edit... using the Xform modifier is useful when you want to do pos/rot/scale using a modifier, which lets you make the transform at a certain place in the stack.

TrampledUnderFoot

ah, good to know, thanks.

Chase

Bummer. I was just trying to save a step

Eric Chadwick

Several people have made maxscripts that do a Reset Xform along with some other handy things, like collapse it but save your modifier stack, etc. And you can assign a script to a hotkey, so it's even faster.
http://www.scriptspot.com/search/apachesolr_search/reset%20xform