my transform gizmo has gone missing

Rhinokey

in 3dsmax,, and no its not the x key. i have nothing not even the lil red gizmo that is usualy there after you hide the normal one, i have no indication that an object can be moved .. i'm having to chose move axis with my fkeys.. anyone know whats up? reboot did not help

SyncViewS

Hi Rhinokey, here is my completely clueless shot in the dark: following code resets every Transform Gizmo setting to default value. Just give it a try. Hopefully it would fix something wrong.

-- Reset Transform Gizmo to default values
(
    tmGizmos.useGizmo = true
    tmGizmos.size = 40
    tmGizmos.useLabels = true
    tmGizmos.planeOpacity = 25.0
    tmGizmos.useCenterBox = false
    tmGizmos.usePlanes = true
    tmGizmos.movePlaneHandleSize = 100.0
    tmGizmos.movePlaneHandleOffset = 33.0
    tmGizmos.centerBoxType = #activegrid
    tmGizmos.freeRotate = true
    tmGizmos.screenHandle = true
    tmGizmos.uniformPlaneScaling = true
    tmGizmos.uniformScaleHandleSize = 50.0
    tmGizmos.scalePlaneHandleSize = 20.0
    tmGizmos.rotationMode = 0
    tmGizmos.showMiniTripod = true
    tmGizmos.showPieSlice = true
    tmGizmos.showAngleData = true
    tmGizmos.rotationPlanarThreshold = 10.0
    tmGizmos.showMultipleTransformGizmos = false
    tmGizmos.moveGizmoRelativeSize = 100.0
    tmGizmos.rotateGizmoRelativeSize = 150.0
    tmGizmos.scaleGizmoRelativeSize = 100.0
    tmGizmos.intersectMode = true
    tmGizmos.perpsectiveSensitivity = 200.0
    tmGizmos.rotationIncrement = 0.5
    tmGizmos.arcRotateSnapAngle = 1.0

    forceCompleteRedraw()
)

Rhinokey

thanks for trying, but nope.. man i dont wanna have to reinstall.

low odor

is it all your Objects?

if it is just the one you are working on...

when resting the transform does not work, an old hack way to fix it is using a Boolean. Make the object a additive element of another object...and it will take on the transform of the additive element-just make sure they do not intersect.

Also check to make sure your alt keyboard shortcuts are not turned on..

Rhinokey

all objects every file, even new files. nope keyboard shortcut overide has no affect..

JohnnyRaptor

check your Gizmos tab in customize/preferences?

edit,actually if SyncV's script didnt work then this is probably not the problem,

Rhinokey

grrrrr even uninstall an reinstall and they are still gone!
wtf

SyncViewS

Something is going wrong with video card I guess. Update video drivers then DirectX. Last shot (or hope?)

Rhinokey

aha! deleting my 3dsmax.ini fixed it,, tho it was a pain to find in 2010, thanks all

SyncViewS

Good to hear you solved it, too bad for the full reinstall. Anyway I'll keep this solution in mind, thanks.

System

This happens to me from time to time, it's a slip of the keyboard, "X" toggles transforms on and off. Strangely enough resetting, re-loading custom/standard ui does not work. Haven't tried re-installing before finding this out though so I'm not quite sure how it would affect that. Anyway just press X

Rhinokey

as stated in the original post it was not the x shortcut,,

Xoliul

You wouldn't be a worthy Polycounter if you started a topic about "X" lol

System

ahhghh! that was your first sentence and I missed it:poly102: Sorry, it's been a long painful day.