3ds max translation tools problem
polycounter lvl 10
Hey, I'm pretty new to max but my translation tools are locked up pretty much. Like every time i try to rotate it only allows me to rotate on one axis and the usual gizmos the pop up aren't there. Just that grey and red axis like you see in the middle of this picture of a plane. Anybody know how to fix this?
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Spacebar, the biggest most accessible key on the keyboard, locks selection, what genius thought everyone needs to lock selection all the time? Spacebar lock is particularly frustrating for Maya guys because spacebar is actually useful for things like changing views and calling up the hotbox.
I suggest rebinding them to something much more useful. I bind spacebar to "Maximize Viewport Toggle" and I bind X to "set key" because I spend a lot of time animating and reaching across the keyboard to hit K is stupid. I get "K for key" but my hand hangs out in the lower left corner not the middle of the keyboard...
You'll find all kinds of keyboard shortcut contradictions too. If you're in sub-object mode (vert, poly, edge, ect) and you hit a key and it does something totally unexpected that's probably because "Keyboard Shortcut Override" is on. Its the button in the toolbar that looks like a key with an arrow on it. It overrides the main shortcuts with the sub-object ones. So alt-C normally toggles on box display mode, but if you hit that in poly mode, it's cut.
Don't expect similar shortcuts in edit poly to work in the curve editor even though they are doing the exact same thing, they bound them to different keys. You have to go into the customize UI menu and rebind them (Main Menu > Customize > Customize UI)