Maya LT Placement Tool

tach

Hi,

Does anyone know of any MEL based scripts to achieve something similar to the placement tool in the latest version of 3DS Max or the Maya script below but in Maya LT?

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL5d-cmAd6o[/ame]


Thanks!

antweiler

are normal constraints available in LT? if yes, you could use the live surface feature (magnet) to place the object and the normal constraint for the orientation. Having oriented placement with the Live tool, would be cool, though.

tach

Looked into it but nothing. I found another video showing the method you suggested but none of these options seem available in LT.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsAiX6Xyf6A[/ame]

antweiler

Another option would be the snap together tool, if thats available in LT. I just discovered thst it work with multiple selections (select some objs., select placed object LAST) and you get a blue arrow, where the obj is being placed.

Saf

I will try convert script to mel. Which version LT 2015 or 2016?

dongyfeng

Maya LT 2015/2016 does not support normal constraint

Saf

MEL for normal constraint actually works

normalConstraint -worldUpType "none" -aimVector 0 1 0 -upVector 0 1 0 -weight 1;

tach

Awesome! Maya LT 2016 would be ideal. I guess it's possible they stripped things from the menus but didn't disable the actual the function?

antweiler wrote: »

Another option would be the snap together tool, if thats available in LT. I just discovered thst it work with multiple selections (select some objs., select placed object LAST) and you get a blue arrow, where the obj is being placed.

Thanks! That's available in LT indeed but unfortunately it isn't a very interactive or fluid method.