maya 8.5: snap orient?

rooster · Oct 2008

i started messing about with make live, but I want my model to snap to the normal of the live object (rotate to match the normal). by default it just transforms the object without rotation.
is there a way to do this?

Funky Bunnies · Oct 2008

there's probably a better way, but maybe a normal constraint?

LampRabbit · Oct 2008

I believe you are after geometry constraint.

Mark Dygert · Oct 2008

Maya Bonus Tools, Level Tools has a lot of great snap options.

rooster · Oct 2008

geom constraint does the same as snapping with make live, but normal seems to do the trick combined with live.. cheers!
vig will check out those bonus tools too, I was sure I installed them already but the menus gone

bugo · Oct 2008

how did you find normal constraint? Cant find it

Funky Bunnies · Oct 2008

It should just be under constrain->normal under the regular constraints

ghib · Oct 2008

If I understand this right you could also use the slightly bizarre Modify > Snap Together Tool.

maya 8.5: snap orient?

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