Home› Technical Talk

3ds max - rotate a object shortcut

michi.be
polycounter lvl 17
Offline / Send Message
michi.be polycounter lvl 17
I'm really feeling dump at the moment. I can't find a simple shortcut in my max 2010 manuals, nor a little script with a button to rotate a object or selection around 90 degrees.

Most times I use the "r" key to rotate with the mouse then but I would like to have a simple shortcut to do the job so I can save the manual rotating.

It must be there! :)
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Replies

  • SimonT
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    SimonT interpolator
    You could activate "Angle Snap Toggle" and set it to 90° or use a maxscript command

    rotate $ (angleaxis 10 [1,0,0])

    rotates current selection ($) 10° around x axis (1,0,0) ~ (x,y,z)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • michi.be
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    michi.be polycounter lvl 17
    But I have no idea how to bind the script lines to a key or so.

    I just would like to press a key and the object rotates 90°, press it again and it rotates again around 90°.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Mark Dygert
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    Mark Dygert mod
    You're script will need a header and the code SimonT noted, edited to suit your needs.
    Main Menu > MaxScript > New Script
    macroScript MyRotateScript --This is the name of the script as it will be saved when run.
    category:"MyTools" -- This will be the category that shows up in the Customize > Customize UI Menu.
    buttonText:"MyRot" --This is the text that will be displayed in the button if you ever assign it to a button.
    toolTip:"Rotates the current selection" --This is the text that pops up if you hover over the button.

    rotate $ (angleaxis 10 [1,0,0]) -- rotates current selection ($) 10° around x axis (1,0,0) ~ (x,y,z)
    Save the script, it doesn't matter where, when its run or evaluated (ctrl E) the script will be re-create internally within max.
    Run or evaluate the script once it will show up in the Customize > Customize UI menu.
    From there you can assign it to a keyboard shortcut.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hyrumark
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    hyrumark polycounter lvl 12
    Use the transform toolbox instead, Edit Menu->Transform Toolbox. You can set the number of degrees to rotate, and also bind the rotation button to a hotkey if needed.

    ttoolbox.jpg
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • jimpaw
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    jimpaw polycounter lvl 9
    michi.be wrote: »
    I'm really feeling dump at the moment. I can't find a simple shortcut in my max 2010 manuals, nor a little script with a button to rotate a object or selection around 90 degrees.

    Most times I use the "r" key to rotate with the mouse then but I would like to have a simple shortcut to do the job so I can save the manual rotating.

    It must be there! :)

    I work in max becouse the industry wants me to, you should try blender. it has alot of cool features for fast modeling. 3dsmax is really worthless when it comes to speed.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sprunghunt
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    sprunghunt polycounter
    look for "Rotate CCW" or "Rotate CW" in Customise > customise user interface > keyboard .

    It rotates the object by 45 degrees perpendicular to the current view. So in top view it rotates about the Z axis. In user view it depends on what angle you're looking at the object.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • michi.be
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    michi.be polycounter lvl 17
    Great stuff here. Thanks guys. Polycount rocks hehe :)
    I use the Toolbox now. It#s right under my "Pivot Buddy".

    The Toolbox acts a bit buggy sometimes. If I try to click sometime I only get the little "bar" like if I try to move the UI. Very strange but Autodesk'is I guess..
    Maybe I'll try one of the other solutions here too..

    Jimpaw: I think Blender will make me steal old grandmas because of it's UI. ;)
    I know there will be some kind of new UI but I just had a quick look.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hyrumark
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    hyrumark polycounter lvl 12
    michi.be wrote: »

    The Toolbox acts a bit buggy sometimes. If I try to click sometime I only get the little "bar" like if I try to move the UI. Very strange but Autodesk'is I guess..
    Maybe I'll try one of the other solutions here too..

    Yeah, sometimes the buttons get buggy if you move the toolbox from it's default screen position. But it's easy to fix, you just need to close it, then open it again and it will work fine from then on for the rest of your Max session. And I love the little "reset xform" button as well as the pivot aligning buttons. Super useful little set of tools!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • WarrenM
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    WarrenM
    Super resurrection!!

    OK, I've bound the RotateCW command to a key but mine is defaulting to 90 degree rotations around the view axis and I'd like to change that to 45 or even 15. Is there a spot somewhere in Max where that setting is stored? 90 is of limited value...
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • monster
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    monster polycounter
    Looks like it's hardcoded to 90 degrees, or 30 if the shift keys is pressed.

    You can create your own hotkey as Mark explained above, change the rotate command to the screenspace one, and use whatever value you wanted.
    macroScript MyRotateScript
category:"MyTools"
buttonText:"MyRot CW"
toolTip:"Rotates the current selection CW"
(
	PolyBoost.SmartRotate 15
)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • WarrenM
    Options
    Offline / Send Message
    WarrenM
    Oh there we go! Nice, thanks!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.