Maya view rotation with 90 degree snapping?

ned_poreyra · Jan 2021

Is there a way to rotate view in Maya by snapping to 90 degrees like in Zbrush (when holding shift)?

oglu · Jan 2021

Not that im aware of.
Fastest way do switch viewport is tabbing space.

ned_poreyra · Jan 2021

But when I switch to, for example, "front camera" and then rotate, it's no longer "front camera" anymore. Which is not the way I want things to work. I made a custom marking menu to "align the view along -x axis" etc., but marking menus are not particularly good in Maya either (I have to click the shortcut, hold mouse button, move mouse, release mouse button...).

Alex_J · Jan 2021

the orthographic camers do not rotate by default.

learn to use the software as it is. It's super fast.

ned_poreyra · Jan 2021

Alex_J said:
learn to use the software as it is.

The fact that I made this thread means I'm not going to, at least in this particular aspect.

Mirbobo · Jan 2021

There's no option to do this by default. I've made.myself a script that automagically snaps my camera.to closest ortho plane, when rotating to +-15 degrees from the view.

PolyHertz · Jan 2021

You can always use the viewcube...but afaik there are no built in hotkeys you can use to snap the viewport like in ZBrush.

That said, it shouldn't be too difficult to script viewport rotations, the biggest issue is determining the pivot to rotate around since if you get it wrong the selected objects/components will fly off screen when its run. I wrote a script for this in Max a while ago and that was the most annoying aspect to try and get right.

pasha_sevez · Jan 2021

https://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2444104#Comment_2444104

Maya view rotation with 90 degree snapping?

Replies