Next gen Maya UI Ideas.

[SPENEN]

Sounds very good, I don't have any ideas tho =/.
But try mailing them, but you maby already did that =D

[uschi]

i think ....

- scrubbing thru the attrib editor just like max does (sometimes aw could bite cool idea too !!!)

- i´d like to to define some kind of default manipulators to different objects (e.g. on a character could be nice to select the neck (or some) and getting the rotate tool)

- another quiet cool tool woould be something where i can define model-states as a kind of lattice / wrapp deformer : edit a earlier and cheaper state of the model and the detail follows

- and a pick walk for polygon ( selecting neighbour verts from the actual camera view)

- a post-render colorpicker sometimes would be nice (think of logos with accurate colorvalues)

- and the REALY BEST OF ALL > please AW seperate the ****ing renderer into autonumous thread ... i want to go on working while test rendering !

- and a little additional entry in the cameras attrib editor for defining the rendering range of this camera

[jschleifer]

- i´d like to to define some kind of default manipulators to different objects (e.g. on a character could be nice to select the neck (or some) and getting the rotate tool)

This is in there right now.. in the attribute editor, you can set the Default Manipulator.. then if you use the Show Manipulator Tool (the "t" hotkey), whatever you select will use that default manipulator.

whee! :)
-jason

[uschi]

thx jschleifer

i ve see the tab but never came to the idea to use the "t" to get the tool (thought it won´t work)

[Jozvex]

Ok, my ideas are:

- Being able to drag the connection (using the 'output connections' icon) of one channel to another channel in the attribute editor.

(eg you have an image in the bump slot, then you can drag it straight to the colour slot)

- To just have a 'frames per second' box on the time slider somewhere instead of having to open the Animation Preferences.

- A customizable Status Line! So that I can remove buttons I never use and add my own shelf buttons to it instead of needing the whole shelf for like 3 buttons!

Hmm, that'll do me for now.

[uschi]

i´d like to have a shelf in the hotbox (complete line!)

[Matt Leishman]

Jason, I know you've heard this a million times, but you freakin rock man!! I realize that this was something really simple, but I've been using Maya since version 1 and I never even knew that that little feature was there, was a godsend!!

Later

[jschleifer]

Nah, it's the maya developers who rock. go team go. :)

[Matt Leishman]

true dat jason. Kudos to those great people at Alias Wavefront. I teach a Maya class at Brigham Young University and I had a student just tell me tonight, "man, they sure did think of everything when they made Maya didn't they?"

Yes they did my friend, yes they did.

[Kabab]

I wanna know what drugs they are smoking because god they come up with some crazy/awesome shit :)

[bentllama]

Originally posted by sithwarlord
true dat jason. Kudos to those great people at Alias Wavefront. I teach a Maya class at Brigham Young University and I had a student just tell me tonight, "man, they sure did think of everything when they made Maya didn't they?"

Yes they did my friend, yes they did.

everything but that much needed "create teapot" primitive button.

:D

[Wigaru Wiyamoto]

Originally posted by bentllama
everything but that much needed "create teapot" primitive button.

:D

Heh, when I was first learning Maya in school an irate Max lover imported the classic teapot and made an entire scene revolving around everyone's favorite primitive.

[Madpear]

I really need a proportionnal modeling tool like the Magnet in Lightwave. For exemple, you select a vertex, and all the vertex within a specified radius will be affected. The radius should be defined like the radius of artisan brush. I know that something like this already exist (Proportional Modifivation Tool) but it's not cool to use it, not enough intuitive.

[uschi]

Madpear did u tried the cps tools - i think there is something in there you looking for

[elvis75k]

maybe some like this to record some actions...

[stunndman]

Originally posted by Elvis75k
maybe some like this to record some actions...

you can always take the "recorded actions" from your script editor and put them on a shelf or create your own UI for it

and there is an alternative to the proportional modification tool available on highend3d - it's called clay dough or something - works pretty well for me

[Madpear]

I don't see the tool your talking about, uschi. I use CPS 3.5 and I never saw such a tool.

[DnBsquirrel]

This might be a repost, but if you all are interested in having these ideas considered, submit them to the Maya Features Site (http://www.maya.digication.com/home3.php)

I've been a long time fan of Maya's UI.

[bentllama]

Originally posted by Madpear
I really need a proportionnal modeling tool like the Magnet in Lightwave. For exemple, you select a vertex, and all the vertex within a specified radius will be affected. The radius should be defined like the radius of artisan brush. I know that something like this already exist (Proportional Modifivation Tool) but it's not cool to use it, not enough intuitive.

might I suggest clay_Dough

http://www.highend3d.com/files/dl.3d?group=melscripts&file_loc=clay-dough_1-v1.5-.5.zip&file_id=1097

[Wigaru Wiyamoto]

No, CPS wont help you there.

There IS a proportional modeling tool in Maya. There's also some super duper script called Clay Dough on High End. I haven't used either, but I know they exist.

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