Is it possible to bind the MultiCut tool to a hotkey?

daniellooartist · Nov 2015

Hello. I've been googling this for a few hours yesterday and it does not appear anyone talks about this. I have SplitEdge bound to the "T" key but I think MultiCut is a more powerful version. Is this even possible? Is there a script to run Multicut?

Stromberg90 · Nov 2015

Bind:
setToolTo nexMultiCutCtx1;
to the hotkey, it's a mel command.

daniellooartist · Nov 2015

// Error: setToolTo: Object 'nexMultiCutCtx1' not found. //

daniellooartist · Nov 2015

I also googled the command and the only thing that turns up is this thread. Do you have a reference?

Stromberg90 · Nov 2015

I'm using maya 2015 at work and 2016 at home and it works in both places.
The way I found it was opening the script editor, then History -> Echo All Commands
And when I start the multi cut tool it says.
dR_contextChanged;
currentCtx;
// Result: nexMultiCutCtx1 //
Edit: Also got a colleague to test it out, works for him.

daniellooartist · Nov 2015

I'm using 2015 as well with no results. I did the echo thing but no new commands show up when i click the multi cut button in the toolbox. The button highlights and I can still use the tool, but no commands show up. I have tried this command in both object and component mode in a new scene on a pCube1

daniellooartist · Nov 2015

found out that "dR_multiCutTool;" works in 2015. I'm trying to get it to work in 2012. Long story. Is that possible?

WHen I did echo in 2012 I just got this. When I put it into the script editor and run it nothing happens. What gives?

[quote]
// Result: scriptEditorPanel1Window|TearOffPane|scriptEditorPanel1|formLayout120|formLayout122|paneLayout5|cmdScrollFieldReporter4 //

nexOpt -e manipType cut; dR_updateCommandPanel(); dR_addRepeatManip("cut");

storeLastAction( "restoreLastContext " + `currentCtx` ); setToolTo nexCtx1;

if(`viewManip -q -v`) viewManip -visible off;

dR_updateHUD;

softSelect -softSelectEnabled false;

changeToolIcon;

autoUpdateAttrEd;

updateAnimLayerEditor("AnimLayerTab");

statusLineUpdateInputField;

iconTextCheckBox -e -v `selectPref -q -xformNoSelect` lockSelectionIcon;

// Result: lockSelectionIcon //

updateHighlightSelectIcon;

editMenuUpdate MayaWindow|mainEditMenu;

dR_updateCommandPanel;

dR_contextChanged;

currentCtx;

// Result: nexCtx1 //

dR_refreshHUD;

nexCtx -upm; refresh -f;

interToUI(`nexOpt -q manipCoordSpace`);

// Result: World //

dR_manipEntered;

dR_updateCommandPanel;

[/quote]

Stromberg90 · Nov 2015

dR_multiCutTool works for me as well, if it will work in 2012 I have no idea, didn't use maya back then.
I think the multicut tool is a more recent addition.

Bartalon · Nov 2015

All the commands beginning with "dR_" and "nex" are originally from a third-party plugin by digitalRaster, specifically their NEX Tools. I believe for Maya 2014, Autodesk implemented dR's Modeling Toolkit, so that command/tool doesn't exist in previous versions of Maya.

Apparently they offer a free version of NEX compatible with Maya versions 2011 thru 2013 but I'm not sure if it's a trial or limited feature edition. You can check it out here.

daniellooartist · Nov 2015

Found it. In 2012 you just have to go to the hotkey editor. There's a section called NEX and a command called dr_multiCutPress. I just had to bind that.

Is it possible to bind the MultiCut tool to a hotkey?

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