stupid hotkeys... (3ds max)

thefatladysings

Hi, I was busy working on a e new model of mine, when I accidentely pressed some key and all of a sudden my move cursor changes and I'm unable to move something in only one direction. I tried restarting 3ds mac but it's still the same

this is how my move cursor looks right now:


does anyone know how to get it back to default?

Joao Sapiro

x

thefatladysings

ok, thanks

Rhinokey

i find its easier to work without the axis visible, and use f5-f8 to change which direction i move on

MoP

you weirdo

SuperOstrich

yeah, serious.

oXYnary

RANT

Sometimes I wonder the people who make these default hot key setups aren't human. Why not make r rotate (versus scale) and then why would you make the next key (t) top view? You could use P for plan view (same thing).

I cant say how many times I have gotten frustrated when Im trying to be quick and keep hitting the t button by accident. :P Customization should be an option, not something that one has to do to even use the program decently.

Bah, it wouldnt help. I still end up hitting the wrong keys all the time. I try to figure why Im not selecting and see that Im snapping instead. Or constantly hitting ctrl z versus ctrl s.

Eric Chadwick

You know what pisses me off? The names they gave each hotkey... they don't match the tooltips nor titles. Royal pain in the ass.

thomasp

they should have an inputfield to search for function names in their hotkey customize dialog. you know, like the maya one but case-insensitive.

MoP

oXYnary: For view switching, hit "V", then you get a nice list of options with hotkeys generally being the first letter (T for Top, B for Bottom, R for Right, L for Left, P for Perspective etc.).

Silva_Spoon

I hate how the hot keys for editable poly change when you use the edit poly modifier!!! How retarded is that?

oXYnary

I knew this Mop. Im saying having the most used functions next to the less used view change is stupid. Especially considering my fumbling nature with keyboards.

solar

Max needs to take a good look at programs like silo that give you limtitless customisation. I'd prefer not to look at max's ugly and clumsy command panel and use keyboard shortcuts and right click menus entirely (i know about expert mode but the modifer stack etc make this next to useless)

thefatladysings

I discovered there's another problem...
when I try to move a vertex it just moves over the edges its connected to until it hits another vertex, I can't move it freely anymore

MoP

I think the shortcut key for that is Shift-X ... you've somehow turned on Edge Constraints.

The drop-down menu for it (if shift-x doesn't fix it) is somewhere in the Editable Poly rollout, under the Edit Geometry heading, I think. It'll say "Constrain: None" with a drop-down to select Face or Edge. Change it to None.

thefatladysings

yes, that solved it
thank you, now I can finally get back at modeling

Eric Chadwick

There is a way to search within the hotkeys... click on Write Keyboard Chart, then open it in a text editor. Goofy, yes, but do-able.

oXYnary

[ QUOTE ]
Goofy, yes, but do-able.

[/ QUOTE ]

That should be 3D Maxs tagline.

MoP

LOL oXYnary!

snemmy

okay ive got one...
these white brackets, usually only visable when i select an object are now always on.. what random hotkey or option did i set? vaguely annoys me when i take notice of it.


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[edit]
WOOT! it's "j". many thanks to welbot for answering right after i post

dejawolf

yeah, max is really goofy. be glad that you haven't tried digging into maxscript... the documentation is a nightmare,
and there's functionality holes, undocumented features,
nonsensical help files, and well yeah, a nightmare to get into. actually, i'm creating my own documentation, so i have a reliable basis of information thats actually understandable.
i'm currently learning C++ as well, and have a lot easier understanding that..