Sorry to bump an old thread yoou can use thi sscript as a shortcut for #1 - mines alt + a (for align). it will align both the move and scale to to the selected face/edge's axis. global proc alignAxis (){$compselection=`ls -sl -fl`;if (`size($compselection)`){if (`size($compselection)`<=1){manipMoveOrient…
1. I'm not sure about separate faces, but you can set a custom axis orientation in the tool settings of the scale menu by click "set to face" and clicking the face whose axis you want to be on and then scale. Or you could use the extruse tool and then delete the edges of the original face after. 2. Don't use Max so I'm not…
Hey everyone thanks for the responses, and cheers toast I'm just about to try those scripts out. I'm still struggling on #3, I tried your technique cdizzle, it doesn't seem to work. I guess I'll have to bind something to the slide edge tool.