pick walking

[svenip]

yep, just press key down for stepping down and then key-left for selecting the tansfrom node.

happy key hitting :)

[Miles]

Great thanks...that takes care of it. :thumbsup:

Is there a script that individually selects all the children with a button press?

I'm using pickWalkAdd but I'd love something like 3ds max's simple double click on the parent that selects all the children.

Thanks again!

[mogwai]

Hi,

if I understand you correctly you want to select all of the nodes in the hierarchy below your current selection.

you can do this by typing:
select -hi
in the command line.

you can then make this into a button by selecting the text and middle mouse dragging it onto a shelf.

now I have a question for you:

what's pickWalkAdd? a mel command or a script?

[Miles]

Thanks, that's a cool command. Problem is it also selects the geometry/shape nodes. This causes weird, twitchy behavior when I try rotating.

Unless there's a way to have Maya ignore shape nodes as a selection, I'll have to shift-select each primitive individually or click-drag/marquee select. Interesting how marquee select works on primitives but not bones. Only selects the parent bone.


I believe PickWalkAdd is a script. You can get it from here:

http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/Community/Download/mel_scripts/mel_scripts_m.html

It is "an additive pickwalk, keeps previous selection when walking."

Hey thanks again!

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