Transform marking menus
 
 
 

You can access many settings related to the transformation tools by pressing + + when different transformation tools are active.

Common menus

The following marking menus are common to the Move Tool, Rotate Tool and Scale Tool.

Menu Item Effect
Preserve UVs Maya automatically transforms UVs in the UV space relative to the transformations taking place in the scene view.

Reflection

Menu Item Effect
Reflection Turns Reflection on and off.
World / Object Sets the reflection space.
X Axis / Y Axis / Z Axis Lets you choose whether to reflect your selection along the x, y or z axis.

Select

Menu Item Effect
Drag Select Turns Drag Select on and off.
Preselection Highlight Turns Preselection Highlight on and off.
Soft Select Turns Soft Selection on and off.
Surface / Volume / Global Sets the Falloff Mode for Soft Selection.
Color Feedback Turns color feedback for Soft Selection on and off.
Asset Centric Turns Asset Centric selection on and off.

Select Tool menus

The following marking menus give you access to options associated with the Select Tool. You can also access these marking menus by holding the Q + .

Menu Item Effect
Marquee/Drag Changes the Selection Style. For more information, see Select multiple components.
Paint Select Changes the selection mode to Paint Select. For more information, see Paint Selection Tool.
Lasso Changes the selection mode to Lasso Select. For more information, see Lasso Tool.
Camera Based Selection Turns on Camera Based Selection. For more information, see Select only unobstructed components.
Clear Selection Deselects all selected components.

Move Tool menus

The following marking menus give you access to options associated with the Move Tool. You can also access these marking menus by holding the W + .

Menu Item Effect
World / Object / Normal Average Sets the Move Axis (coordinate system) for the Move Tool.
Keep Spacing Maintains relative spacing when snap settings are on.
Preserve Child Position Maintains the position of child objects when you move a parent object.
Tweak Mode Turns Tweak Mode on and off.
Update Triad Determines whether the manipulator is updated during manipulation or when the mouse button is released, when moving components along their normals.
Move Options Opens the Tool Settings.

Axis

Menu Item Effect
Live Object Axis / Normal / Local / Along Rotation Axis / Custom Axis Sets the Move Axis for the Move Tool.
Set to Point

Sets the Move Axis to a Custom axis orientation based on a specified point.

Select Set to Point and then select a point on the scene to set the new Move Axis.

Set to Edge Sets Move Axis to a Custom axis orientation based on a specified edge.

Select Set to Edge and then select an edge in the scene to set the new Move Axis.

Set to Face Sets Move Axis to a Custom axis orientation based on a specified face.

Select Set to Face and then select a face in the scene to set the new Move Axis.

Snap

Menu Item Effect
Discrete Move Lets you move components by specified increments.

You can modify the increments in the Tool Settings editor.

Face Center / Vertex Lets you move and snap to a live polygon’s components.

Both can be turned on simultaneously.

Relative Mode Lets you move components relative to their initial orientation or scale.

Rotate Tool menus

The following marking menus give you access to options associated with the Rotate Tool. You can also access these marking menus by holding the E + .

Menu Item Effect
Local / World / Gimbal Sets the Rotate mode.
Comp Use Object Pivot Lets you rotate object components around the object’s pivot point.
Discrete Rotate Lets you rotate components by specified increments.

You can modify the increments in the Tool Settings editor.

Relative Lets you rotate or scale components relative to their initial orientation or scale.
Center As Virtual Trackball When on, dragging the area inside the rotation manipulators (the center) rotates the object or component.

When off, you can only rotate the object or component by dragging the rotation manipulators.

Rotate Options Opens the Tool Settings.

Scale Tool menus

The following marking menus give you access to options associated with the Scale Tool. You can also access these marking menus by holding the R+ .

Menu Item Effect
Comp Use Object Pivot Lets you scale object components relative to the object’s pivot point.
Snap Scale Lets you scale components by specified increments.

You can modify the increments in the Tool Settings editor.

Relative Lets you rotate or scale components relative to their initial orientation or scale.
Scale Options Opens the Tool Settings.