Maya Environment artists scripts

zbrush_newbie

Hi All

I have some timeout from work so would like to refresh my script library and i`m looking for recommendations from other Environment artists for scripts you couldnt work without.

The few that i`ve always used over the years are...

LocalTools - re-orientate axis for current selection from edges,faces,etc

LayoutTools - general selection of scripts

xyShrinkWrap - snaps verts,etc to another objects faces closes to selection.

Filetexturemanager - allows you to copy textures to a new location and reassigns shader paths.

materialselection - select an object then a shader and it selects all faces with that material

Renameit - renames selected objects with keywords, numbers, prefixes,etc

objmirrorfix - when doing a -1 scale this script fixes the normals and opposite settings to original.

SafeSeparate - select an poly and the script extracts that poly into a new object without splitting apart original object.

Any other suggestions??

Thanks

passerby

maya bonus tools
mig normal tools
UV deluxe
mop renderable curve
r7_vertCurvature
advancedMirror

Rurouni Strife

UVDeluxe for Maya. I think you can find it at 3DMotive. It's the Maya UV editor with a lot of extra controls that makes life pretty easy when it comes to UV Scaling and other stuff.

Froyok

Align vertex tool : http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/utility-external/misc/c/vertex-align-tools-corner-align

froTools (toolset) : http://www.froyok.fr/blog/2012-02-frotools-2-6-5-new-anim-tab-fbx-export-and-more

reloadTexture on selected object : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13564647/maya/reloadTexture.mel
(I don't know where to get the original)

Roadkill for maya : http://www.pullin-shapes.co.uk/page8.htm

bk3d

Modeling Tools
Mapping Tools
Lighting Tools
plus alot more

it is being used by some top game studios and has been credited in battlefield 3

http://www.bk3d.com/Ninja_Dojo/Dojo.htm

zbrush_newbie

Thanks , will give those a try. Anyone others?

steven.engel.craven

A simple but nifty little script that makes it easier to work in Unreal grid units in Maya:

http://polybend.com/tutorial/unreal-setup-script/

ZennDavid

I have used X-Tools for a few years now and love it. It was created by one of my teachers in Art school and it is a "must have" for me. You can check it out at http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/modeling/poly-tools/c/x-tools--5