maya. translating and scaling relative to the camera / viewport

tacit math

you guys know of any tools ( scripts or plugs ) that will allow a selection to be :

1/ translated along the camera view ( near. far. like sesame street taught us )
2/ scaled relative to the camera view ( make any sense ? )

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if these types of functionality are indeed native to maya please let me know where i might find them

Lamont

Only in perspective view?

tacit math

yeah. basically translating a selection ' forward ' or ' back ' in screenSpace. and scaling relative to the screen ( as though the window was your static manipulator axis )

Lamont

Do you want this to toggle on and off? What I am doing is getting the perspective cam angles and using that for the custom angle.

tacit math

my first thought was of holding a modifier key and dragging left and right in the viewport

Lamont

Ok, got it working for move so far, scale is the last one. You're gonna have to make the marking menus yourself.

tacit math

!! sweet dude ! keen to see this. cheers