Max 2011 new Caddy UI

SideEffect

Hey guys

I just had to switch to Max 2011 from 2009 last week and this new caddy UI is driving me nuts.



Is there anyway to disable this and get the old dialog boxes back?
I searched through the help file and couldn't find anything.

If you can't get the old dialog boxes back can you at least stop the thing from moving all over the place every time you zoom in or rotate?

I feel like the damn thing is taunting me. "Hey I bet you really want to do this really simple task that should take less then a second but hey YOU HAVE TO CATCH ME FIRST!"
It's also irritating when it pops up right on the spot you're working on and have to move it first.

maze

its a pain in the ass with a wacom pen to change values using that caddy. I tried 2011 at school and that thing really bothered me, I am curious to know as well!

hyrumark

SideEffect wrote: »

ng me. "Hey I bet you really want to do this really simple task that should take less then a second but hey YOU HAVE TO CATCH ME FIRST!"
It's also irritating when it pops up right on the spot you're working on and have to move it first.

lol. So true. Put this script in your scripts/startup folder. Then your caddies will stay put wherever you place them: http://mjblosser.com/caddiefix.ms

renderhjs

he he sounds familiar:

Microsoft had its stupid days too with Bob and Clippy, hopefully Autodesk is willing to learn likewise.

oh and the same:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76445

basically this script lets you enable or disable that stuff:

grip.centeronselected = grip.show = true
grip.centeronselected = grip.show = false

maze

Although I didnt start this thread, I gotta thank you guys for that!

PolyHertz

If you have access to Max2010 copy its EditPolyMod.dlm and EPoly.dlo files and replace the 2011 ones, this will bring back the old style menus. Make sure to create backups before overwriting.

renderhjs

yeah but apparently it messes up some of the graphite modeling tools, do that at your own risk. I guess it shouldn't be to hard to script a floater or pop up as the old style of modeling in max.

Mark Dygert

renderhjs wrote: »

he he sounds familiar:

Microsoft had its stupid days too with Bob and Clippy, hopefully Autodesk is willing to learn likewise.

oh and the same:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76445

basically this script lets you enable or disable that stuff:

grip.centeronselected = grip.show = true
grip.centeronselected = grip.show = false

I totally agree, caddies the way they've been presented are clippy. So far all I've read from Autodesk is that Caddies are here to stay, they might change a little but they're staying... makes me sad. I've gotten used to them a little but its still something I would like the option to invoke when I need it.

SideEffect

Thank you so much for the scripts guys!

I don't mind the new boxes too much it's just the moving around the viewports that annoys the hell out of me.

Xoliul

Yeah by themselves they're not bad, just the jumping around the screen sometimes, but mostly how adjusting the values with the spinners is so twitchy. Sometimes it jumps to weird values. Or I'm tapping it and all of a sudden it decides to jump 0.4 instead of 0.1. Especially bad with a Wacom, just close to impossible even.