Easy Trim Tool for Maya
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I made a tool to speed up the process of creating trim detail in Maya. I uploaded it to Gumroad a while back and figured I would tell people here about it. If you happen to try it I'd be happy to hear what you think, if it's helpful to you or not. This was originally made for some old co-workers who were wanting an easier way to create these types of Trim in Maya.
In a nutshell, the way it works is you create a profile curve, select some continuous edges, and hit a button to extrude a trim piece along those edges and it also creates uvs for you.
Here is the Gumroad link: https://gumroad.com/l/easy-trim
And personal project page: https://eric-kimberly.com/projects/easy-trim/
With some quick gifs showing the tool in action!
Thanks for reading!
Update 2021: the quick install script may not work on Maya 2020 and later. if that is the case you should still be able to source the script and shelf button manually.
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Here is a gif of it working on a slanted surface, is this similar to what you had meant?
Also wanted to add that while not the original intention, another possible use of the tool is creating pipes based off poly edges as demonstrated here:
This will also retain history so you can change the size of the profile curve after the fact and it gives you UVs as well. Hope this proves useful to anyone. Let me know if you have any other questions and thanks for checking it out!
The code was written to support up to 2019, but I imagine it should work on 2020. There might be some trouble with the install script on 2020, but if you know how to source a script and shelf button manually you can do that instead. I just do not have access to a personal 2020 maya version at the moment to test and update it.
Thanks in advance!
Hi all this is probably way past due but I’ve decided to “open source” my trim tool for Maya. You can find it here on GitHub: https://github.com/Subtle1rony/EasyTrim
It is also updated now to work in Maya 2024. Thanks Lucas for bringing it up today and to all that purchased the tool since 2019, it funded some coffees for me:) I’m just glad people found it useful, and hopefully more will now that its easier to access.
Cheers and happy 2024!