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CarlCampbell

12-19-2002, 10:18 PM

Well, as you all know, the new scale gizmo is as scary as hell. I was wondering if anyone knew how to scale an object along its, say X and Y axis but uniformily. As of now, I can only get non-uniform... :shrug:

Carl :beer:

Equinoxx

12-19-2002, 10:29 PM

you can set the preference in the preferences gizmo tab.
unfortunately, this is not toggable.

so either you always scale non-uniform, or you always scale uniform [unless you like going to the preferences panel and switch the mode frequently]

sam

12-19-2002, 10:58 PM

well you can use maxscript and make a macro that you can then hotkey. This is really nifty since both modes actually come in handy.

macroScript Toggle2axisScale
category:"MyScripts"
toolTip:"Toggle 2 axis Scale"
(

on Execute do
(
tmGizmos.uniformPlaneScaling = not tmGizmos.uniformPlaneScaling
)
)

sam

CarlCampbell

12-19-2002, 11:03 PM

Thanks to both of you! The Macroscript option seems interesting. Now I gotta find out where to put it... does that stay forever too?

Its funny about the Scale Gizmo then, because what the heck is the Uniform/Non-uniform/Squash tab for then? Ok, the squash is useful, but the first two are the same thing!

Carl :beer:

EDIT: Found it out, weeeee! I really gotta learn to use MaxScript. Is it really that simple once you've learned the language? I mean, to automate lots of thing?

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