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1. Re: How To Move Object out from Center of Another Object???

   

   

   Reply by thedude123 · Apr 2018 · Home› Technical Talk

   MAYA 2018 Interesting... After playing around with this a bit more, it looks like you have to be in FACE mode in order for this to work. If I switch to OBJECT mode and select the move tool, it reverts back to the generic x, y, z planar orientation for the object. OBJECT MODE FACE MODE

2. Re: How To Move Object out from Center of Another Object???

   

   

   Reply by throttlekitty · Apr 2018 · Home› Technical Talk

   Try using the w+lmb marking menu to set a component axis. Selecting it from there temporarily goes to component mode to pick something to aim at. Or just be in object mode, press D for pivot editing and do your thing (this gets stored into the "custom" axis slot). Here I snapped to grid since it's the center of my sphere,…

3. Re: How To Move Object out from Center of Another Object???

   

   Reply by thedude123 · Apr 2018 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hi Axi5, I think this actually may have worked. I was doing something else in Maya today and I forgot to reset my move tool (it was left in Component mode). I selected some faces, Extracted them, and then the pivot appeared in the center of the new object and was oriented in the direction of the face (diagonally). So, it…