Scaling edges locally in maya

easterislandnick

Hi, I wonder if any Maya gods can help! I have long sections of extruded cubes running around a level as shown in figure A that I want to scale one side of in the Y axis as shown in figure B so the pipe is trapezoid shape. This works well for horizontal pipes but if a pipe goes up a hill as in figure C and I scale one side I get a very skewed result (figure D) as Maya is scaling from a global axis. Is there any way to scale the highlighted eges locally so that the pipe keeps it's shape? Can I scale by 20% so that each pipe is identical?

This all sounds quite convoluted but I have miles of this stuff to correct!

Thanks!

Whargoul

Move component tool - local scale.

easterislandnick

I cant find local scale under the move tool settings (Im accessing it by double clicking the move tool?) There is a move axis with a local check box but this does not seem to allow me to scale the edges locally? Am I ticking the right box?

Thnaks, Nick

Allert

shift rightclick on an edge while in component mode (F10), and select move/transform component. Use the uniform scale

easterislandnick

And thats why Polycount is superb! Thanks Whargoul and Allert, if you are ever in Brighton Ill buy you a drink!

Anuxinamoon

This quelled alot of my seething frustration with this tool. Thank you!