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rb25_det
09-12-2005, 05:49 AM
I was just wondering if its possible to assign the key "alt" instead of "s", when navigating around the xsi viewports, this would make it just like maya, and feels more right....to me anyway,since this is probably the one key i'll be using the most, i thought itd be worth mentioning, as i am just learning the program right now.
-wT-
09-12-2005, 05:53 AM
Currently not possible with 4.x, but that's exactly one of the many new features in 5.0 suited for people migrating from Maya.
Check out this page for more details: http://www.softimage.com/Products/Xsi/v5/features/default.asp#4 :thumbsup:
Wedurhoelner
09-12-2005, 07:55 AM
It actually is possible, but it is some kind of hack and not supported officially.

You can put it to some unused weird key on your keyboard (like ¤ or so, depending on what language keyboard you have) with the common hex editor method.

Then you can use a Remapper Tool like http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/remapkey.zip (this one's untested, but there are loads of them flying around) to remap that ¤-key or whatever to ALT.

In V5 it will be a regular feature.

Cheers,
W.
rb25_det
09-12-2005, 08:54 AM
so is there an exact release date for v5 yet???
raffael3d
09-13-2005, 02:09 AM
in the press release it said september....
joshone
09-13-2005, 04:02 PM
in the press release it said september....

that's today :)
thorn3d
09-13-2005, 04:51 PM
September isn't over...

thorn
CiaranM
09-14-2005, 09:58 PM
I've remapped it to the "." key, which is right above my "alt" key.
Memodin
09-15-2005, 09:14 AM
i've remapped s key to the "space" key. its near alt key and its more confortable and also its the same as photoshop's.
inneractive
09-15-2005, 12:52 PM
Heh, I have also remapped it to the Spacebar because I got used to using that in Photoshop.
el_diablo
09-15-2005, 01:11 PM
Yes, spacebar is cool. I remapped it becouse of photoshop/Houdini and it feels fine as navigation tool.
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