Tool Switcher

[lkruel]

It's already built into Maya,

Q - Select
W- move
E- rotate
R - Scale

If memory serves me right

[Rook]

I figured it out.
I have that silly Nostromo 52 pad. I mapped the scroll wheel so it scrolls between all the tools.
The wheel works in that every time you scroll it, a hotkey is activated. With one hotkey, "O" I toggle between, move, select, rotate and scale.
Basically I needed a bunch of "if" statements

[poly-phobic]

can u post your script :)
sounds like one of those minute scripts that will make workflow quicker.

[Rook]

Sure. The only thing I can't figure out now is if your not in one of the tools listed in the script, how do you change the tool to the select tool.


Assign this to a hotkey. Works well with the Nostormo Pad scroll wheel
//
//scroll down
//
string $currentCtx = `currentCtx`;
global string $gSelect;
global string $gMove;
global string $gRotate;
global string $gScale;

if ( $currentCtx == $gSelect )
{
setToolTo $gMove;
}

if ( $currentCtx == $gMove )
{
setToolTo $gRotate;
}


if ( $currentCtx == $gRotate )
{
setToolTo $gScale;
}

if ( $currentCtx == $gScale )
{
setToolTo $gSelect;
}

[thematt]

wouldn't you be able to had an other variable that stand for the "y" short cut and in an other if statement check if that one is selected to send you to the move tool?

Sorry can't be mre clear bcause i don't have maya here..



cheers

[ajk48n]

If you're in a different tool, you could try using the switch statement.

Here's the fixed script.

string $currentCtx = `currentCtx`;

switch ($currentCtx) {

case "selectSuperContext":
setToolTo "moveSuperContext";
break;

case "moveSuperContext":
setToolTo "RotateSuperContext";
break;

case "RotateSuperContext":
setToolTo "scaleSuperContext";
break;

case "scaleSuperContext":
setToolTo "selectSuperContext";
break;

}

[poly-phobic]

ajk48n: the switch statement here does not work when switching from a different tool.
i get a syntax error. \

[poly-phobic]

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