Polymodeling in Maya

[AAbel]

You can make a shortcut. Maya is insanely customizable the sooner you start customizing the better off you will be. Also pressing the 'g' key will go to the last tool you were using

[b.Schulz]

Here's how to put a certain tool on a shelf. Hold down ctrl+alt+shift and go to the menu....select the tool (still holding those 3 buttons down...oh and hold the mouse button down too), it will then create a icon on a shelf for you. Then when you want to use that tool again, just click the icon it created. Don't forget to save your shelf after you do it so next time you come into maya it will still be there. Understand?

[karabo]

thanks for the help!

[olivier georges]

after you have extruded an edge, you can use the g key to repeat the last action

olivier.

[InnerVortex]

almost all the tools i use to polymodel are just in the a(and i dont mean alt+a)
that sayd.. customize it at will and yall see thats plenty fast to model in maya.

[Joebount]

Hum, what do you mean by a InnerVortex ? Isn it a way to have maya behave like 3DS Max quad menu ? "dream, dream"

[InnerVortex]

hmm.. nop.. just a thing i asked here before.. i dont like menus at all.. not quads, well.. the maya ones are fine.. very simple.. by the a i mean.. the.,. hotkeys.. the script MJ told to add a diferent funcion depending from what is selected.. like.. pols selected extrudes the pols, 2 vertices selected it merges then.. and.. u can do whatever you like with it, dunno if it is a big deal.. but it helped me alota

[Joebount]

Hum, really interresting ! Could you (or somebody else) give me more info about it ?

[InnerVortex]

MJ explains it here
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30917

[dvornik]

I'm not a Maya user but I was interested in it's interface. Can
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bring up an appropriate custom marking menu? That way if polys are selected you can effortlessly bring up several poly-related sets of tools and don't even have to click.

[InnerVortex]

that.. command.. is whatever command you whant.. and with mel .. that can be pretty much anything, it can be to create a cube.. or create a complete rig, its all in da code!
if you whant a menu.. just.. well.. hit space.. the hotbox should do it.

[Joebount]

Thanks !

[dvornik]

No, hotbox isn't good enough. Custom context-sensitive marking menues should do the trick. No hierarchical menues and extra clicks - just swipe towards a tool and you're done. I'll read up on it.

[InnerVortex]

Custom context-sensitive ... i think thats the thing with that code for hotkeys, the same thing. in diferent ways.
since im not a big fan of menus in any way shape or form ill just do it with hotkeys.

[dvornik]

Allrigt, so I created a custom "Poly" marking menu and assigned it to a hotkey. Couple more ignorant questions. Is there a way to activate a custom marking menu without clicking the LMB (in addition to holding a hotkey?

And obviously i don't know how to get Mikkel Jans' script working with this.

[jeffro864]

You could use the CPS (Connect Poly Shape) plug-in tool box. The Mel Script for the plug-in is on highend3d.com. I like using that better than custom marking menus. All personal choice though.

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