[Maya] How to toggle tool channels for better interactive workflow?

zachagreg

So I've seen multiple people with a setup specifically on Bevel Tool within Maya have the ability to quickly scrub the offset of the bevel and then switch to the segments and quickly scrub that. My question is how does one go about setting up a toggle hotkey for such a function within bevel tool or any of the tools. Is this a hand made script or is this something I am having trouble finding it.
Some people have told me they do this by holding SHIFT+MMB drag in order to switch to a new parameter but my version of that only causes the large increment snapping in Maya 2017.

zachagreg

Have I found the great secret of Maya?

zachagreg

Just going to bump this one last time in the pursuit of knowledge, then Ill let it die.

Axi5

You can do this with the old bevel tools IIRC, I haven't been a Maya user for very long and it's something I've wanted to know for a while too. Couldn't find anything in documentation regarding quick switching in the IVE, hoping there'll be an update with it.

pOgOstyle

I also looking for a solution for a while... 
dr_bevelPress works a similar way if it set to "offset" on rightclick. Midbutton will do the segements. Midbutton with shift the offset. 

throttlekitty

I think it was from this script, or something similar to it. (H3D might be having issues right now, i can't get the page to load) I assumed that @Fansub had a personal script from watching his videos.

https://www.highend3d.com/maya/script/interactivetool-for-maya

zachagreg

Axi5 said:

You can do this with the old bevel tools IIRC, I haven't been a Maya user for very long and it's something I've wanted to know for a while too. Couldn't find anything in documentation regarding quick switching in the IVE, hoping there'll be an update with it.

I hope so too. I must've scanned the documentation on IVE for a couple of hours trying to find an answer.

throttlekitty said:

I think it was from this script, or something similar to it. (H3D might be having issues right now, i can't get the page to load) I assumed that @Fansub had a personal script from watching his videos.

https://www.highend3d.com/maya/script/interactivetool-for-maya

I will definitely search around within that script to see if that is indeed the source of the functionality. This question initially popped into my head when I had seen Fansub's youtube video showing off the ADN tools. In the comments is where he brings up that he simply presses the SHIFT modifier while scrubbing MMB, but Im convinced he's also a wizard too so...

dive

Im not sure if it works with bevel, but this is the bevel without dialog, however with the "caddie box", the first option will always be highlighted, allowing you to scrub with mmb, or ctrl+mmb for finer increments. Also remember for every tool in maya, cntrl+shift wil give you access to the quickest gestural marking menu's of any package. 

For connect for example, a quick cntrl+shift left right up and down will allow you to then scrub through slide, pinch, segments, reset tool. Almost every single tool in maya works this way.

zachagreg

@dive I appreciate all the information that combined with the script that @throttlekitty pointed out is exactly what I was looking for thank you guys so much.

Bodizzz

@dive unfortunately ctrl+shift marking menu doesn't work for Bevel tool