Maya; reset pivot to 0, 0, 0, with a button?

fattkid

Hey team,


In Maya, is there a script or way to quickly set/reset the pivot point of a mesh to the origin at 0, 0, 0? As opposed to pressing insert and doing it manually?

m4dcow

Make a mel button with this

xform -ws -a -rp 0 0 0

Changes the rotation pivot only, use -sp for the scale pivot.
I'm no good at mel or scripting so I can't figure out how to string them together, but it should do what you're looking for.

kodde

m4dcow>
type both rows in script editor, select/highlight both strings, MMB-drag to shelf, select to save it as "MEL". Voila, shelf-button with what you spoke of.

m4dcow

kodde wrote: »

m4dcow>
type both rows in script editor, select/highlight both strings, MMB-drag to shelf, select to save it as "MEL". Voila, shelf-button with what you spoke of.

I tried doing that initially and it complained that "xform was not an object", but now I see that I wasn't terminating each line with a semi-colon. So it works now

chrisradsby

m4dcow wrote: »

I tried doing that initially and it complained that "xform was not an object", but now I see that I wasn't terminating each line with a semi-colon. So it works now

If you have a programmers background you always terminate the line with semicolons, oohhh the horror of always have to go through your code to find that you missed a semi-colon somewhere. :poly127:

Funky Bunnies

that's why I always end every line I type with 8 semicolons just for good measure;;;;;;;;

Lamont

And there's a nice plugin/Mel called Pivot Commander on HighEnd. Very freakin cool.

Axcel

Thankx md4cow for the script. Anyone has script for moving scale pivot as well? not just rotate one?

Figured out:

xform -ws -a -rp 0 0 0;
ToggleScalePivots;
xform -ws -a -sp 0 0 0;

Sage

xform -ws -a -piv 0 0 0; 

That seems to work

Alex_J

I think these items in Bonus tools may be useful for you.