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Make Maya pivots more like Max
In 3ds Max when you have multiple components selected the pivot options become really dynamic, allowing you to move from the center of the selection or individual component pivots when mousing over them, i.e. a multi vert selection can be moved based on the pivot of a single vert in the selection. I realize Maya has the… -
Re: Make Maya pivots more like Max
Press D for Moving your pivot. Additionnal snapping shortcut( X /C / V) working when you move your pivot. -
Re: Make Maya pivots more like Max
Not really sure what exactly you want here.Is it maybe like when you enable “Pin Pivot Position” in tool settings? This will always keep pivot how you set it until you reset it again. -
Re: Make Maya pivots more like Max
That's not the question asked. I'm very familiar with Maya's custom pivot and snapping options. -
Re: Make Maya pivots more like Max
Nothing in vanilla Maya for this, but we could whip up a hotkey script that drops the pivot over the highlighted vertex. Not as fluid as max, but it would at least only be one keypress. edit: I think last selected should be possible too, but I'm not sure how to go about having that work. Like as a toggle, or keypress or… -
Re: Make Maya pivots more like Max
Not really. Max's system allows for a dynamic origin. Eg. You click/drag on a vert and that becomes the origin for transform/snapping purposes. Maya can't do it dynamically so moving shit around is a lot less fluid and it makes max users sad. -
Re: Make Maya pivots more like Max
Hey thanks @thr@throttlekitty I'll try it out! -
Re: Make Maya pivots more like Max
Sorry, I got sidetracked and forgot all about this. Would this work for you? Set up a new hotkey in the editor with this as the command. To use it, have a selection, be hovering over some vertex, and press your key. string $highlighted[] = `ls -psh`; vector $highlightedPos = `pointPosition -w $highlighted`;manipPivot -p…
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