Nice feature update in Maya 2008 extension 2

Panupat

I'm still watching what it offers but already am very happy with the new polygon tools. Soft selection that built right into translate tools with visual size adjustment! Symmetry that's pretty smart, multi tools that can select vertice/edge/face all in 1 and double click to select edge loops These little features I've always loved XSI/lightwave for.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=10797415

Michael Knubben

Hah, double-clicking for edge loops eh? That should make using Maya a lot nicer. Is this a free extension, though, or an add-on you buy?
If so, making people pay for bog-standard tools seems pretty fucking shitty.

Keg

Pea:

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The features shown in these videos are only available to Subscription customers, in Maya 2008 Extension 2

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MoP

Hmm, thank god they finally put soft selection in. Soft Modification tool was just about the worst implementation of a soft selection thing I've ever seen

Multi-selection should be nice. Will have to see if we can get this update at work, should be useful.

katzeimsack

wow, after some time they finally managed to add FEATURES to maya 2008
Always wondered why the renamed 8.5 to 2008 without any changes.

rooster

bah been using that stuff for ages, NEX is cheaper than the upgrade methinks..
(edit, except the multi select mode which sounds interesting.. still..)

arshlevon

we went over all these features at my maya tips and tricks session at gdc.
there is some cool stuff, but i still don't think any of the features replace nex as a package, the beta has some new cool features as well.
i told the guy from autodesk that its not 1994 anymore and maya needs a connect and target weld.

pior

Anyone tried Maya2008 64 + Nex + extension2 ? It is giving me the weirdest display bugs when in hide backfaces mode...

Also I would love to know how to turn off the annoying way vertices always appear even if you are in edge or faces mode.
[woah nevermind found it, seems like i was stuck in soft selection mode, hence the yellow stuff. I guess thats what you get by implementing a new tool but not giving any UI feedback about it... Still get some weird colors tho...]

And where is automatic tumble on components? Still not here?

MoP

hell yeah, I can't believe I still have to dig up scripts to do these simple operations. Vertex snap, re-select and Merge isn't the same as a single click & drag... 1994 heh

Illusions

Any chance we'll ever get the view compass back, except with the rotate view arrows from the cube?