Maya - How can I make very small rotations ?

sculptn

Just wondering how can I make very small rotations in maya ? Have tried holding ctrl read that makes a difference but I could not see any. Thanks

GrevSev

Try Using the Channelbox to make rotations

m4dcow

You could make your manipulators bigger using the +- keys to give you more control. Also if you are rotating and the movement looks like it is snapping, you may have discrete rotate on, so you could hold j to toggle it, or just turn it off in the rotate tool settings.

Dataday

Like Grev suggested, try using the channelbox.

sculptn

Thats great guys thanks very much

elementrix

Also, when you have your rotation manipulator in the center of the screen and drag an axis and hold the mouse and move it to the edges of your screen, it will count as smaller margins so you just keep it at the edge and move tiny bits. Instead of actually scaling the manipulators which only get in the way:P

sculptn

Very handy thank you

Deadly Nightshade

Discreet rotate

Froyok

If you want a precise rotation you can type some values inside the channel box this way :

pixelpatron

Holding down "J" while rotating will rotate your object on 15 degree increments.

sculptn

The more info the better thanks again guys

Isaac_Newbton

pixelpatron wrote: »

Holding down "J" while rotating will rotate your object on 15 degree increments.

can you change the increment in preferences somewhere?

passerby

also click on a channel name in the channel box, and drag mmb in the viewport, to adjust that value, and while doing this the control modifier makes it move in smaller increments, and the shift in larger increments.

you can also click and drag over multiple channel values to select them and change the value in several fields at once.

fatihG_

Froyok wrote: »

If you want a precise rotation you can type some values inside the channel box this way :

http://www.froyok.fr/archives/uplo/002/channelbox.gif

omg..

My first 3d app was cinema4d which let you type in stuff like 360/8/2+180 and what not for specific rotations. I was missing that in Maya. Did not realize it uses code like additions/muliplications/division/whatever.

Very handy. Thanks for pointing that out. =D

Toast

I use this script (the rotate one) on a hotkey;

http://www.mayzie.net/maya-scripts/floating-stepsize-for-accurate-modelling

Very handy.

Spudnik

Isaac_Newbton wrote: »

can you change the increment in preferences somewhere?

Yes, in the Rotation Tool Setings. It's called 'discrete rotate' and you can set the angle there. Similar options exist for move and scale of course.

Deadly Nightshade

Froyok wrote: »

If you want a precise rotation you can type some values inside the channel box this way :

THAT was new even to me! Thanks for sharing!