I found Maya's version of the tool I believe! While scaling moving or rotating, if you hold Ctl+Shift and middle mouse, the selection will move how I wanted. It doesn't seem to be as accurate for some reason, I'm guessing because Maya won't let me "slide" with a specific axis, it looks to be view based /shrug but I think…
I'm not sure what the slide edge tool is doing, it feels VERY similar to what I'm looking for, but it's not the same effect.. What I'm looking for is also similar to the curve snap tool (holding 'c' and middle-mouse dragging) in maya, but does both of these tools at the same time. Maya's slide tool seems to be sliding an…
i was just going to suggest NEX. there's a lot of really, really handy tools in there for a not so large chunk of change. you can at least download the demo trial and check it out. it does feature multiple axis constraints like Max, which is really handy, and it has become a great plug in for retopo with their Quad Draw…