General
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The option forces Maya to use the 's selection and transformation tools. When enabled, the 's tools are always used regardless of whether the is active or not. When disabled, the 's tools are only used when they are selected from the window.
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The following options determine what happens when an already active component mode button is selected:
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When enabled, Maya switches to object mode and the is deactivated.
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When enabled, any custom MEL commands that are entered in this field are added to the
hotbox and executed.
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Sets the in which you want Maya to look for components. Dead space is the empty regions surrounding an object in the scene. If this
range is greater than 0 and your cursor is in dead space, Maya highlights the nearest component that falls within the range.
By default, is set to 4 pixels.
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Sets the in which you want Maya to look for components. If this range is greater than 0 and you are in
tweak mode, Maya highlights the nearest component that falls within the range. By default, is set to 120 pixels.
Manipulators
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Lets you use the center of the rotate manipulator to rotate an object freely. This option is enabled by default.
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When enabled, Maya prevents negative scaling. For example, if you attempt to scale an object in Z when this option is enabled,
it will not scale beyond the zero point of the Z-axis.
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Specifies where the translation manipulator is displayed. When this option is disabled, or when working with a custom pivot,
the translation manipulator is displayed wherever you position it. When this option is on, the translation manipulator is
always positioned on the selection center. See Translation manipulator.
NoteThis option has no effect on the rotation or scaling manipulators.
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When enabled, all viewports are refreshed after each transformation. This option is disabled by default.
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Specifies how the active manipulator handle is affected when you change between transform tools. Select between and . See
Transform tools.
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Specifies how the active manipulator handle changes when you adjust your selection. Select between and .
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Sets the range within which the cursor must land before the manipulator handle is highlighted. The range is set to 4 pixels
by default.
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Sets the distance between the plane handles and the center of the manipulator. See
Manipulators overview.
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When the manipulator is hidden, selectable components are more visible, and you can more easily add or subtract components
from your selection. This option lets you assign a hokey to hide the manipulator: Ctrl, Shift, and/or Ctrl + Shift.
Heads Up Display
This section contains options that display information over top of the view panel content.
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When enabled, displays the coordinate space (world, local, object, custom). See
Coordinate space.
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When enabled, displays whether soft selection is on or off and the current falloff distance. See
Soft selection mode.
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When enabled, displays details for dynamic actions including extrusions, bevels, or soft selection resizing. For example,
if you're resizing the soft selection falloff radius and is enabled, the falloff radius value is displayed.
Colors
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When enabled, Maya uses inverted cursor colors. Disable this option if you use a dark background.
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Sets the colors of the inner and outer part of a selection when is enabled.
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Sets the colors of vertices, edges, and faces when selection mode or any transform tool is active.
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Sets the colors of vertices, edges, and faces when selection mode is active.
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Sets the color of the active manipulator handle.
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Sets the level of transparency that is applied to the colors.
Keyboard/Mouse
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This option controls the behavior of the selection tool. (See Selection modes and tools.
When this option is on:
- Any paint selections performed will cause the entire selection to be replaced by the new selection.
When this option is off:
- The first painted component determines whether a selection or deselection should occur. This is the same behavior used when
holding the Tab key. If the first painted component is selected, all components passing beneath the cursor will become deselected.
If the first painted component is not selected, all components passing beneath the cursor will be added to the selection.
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This option controls the behavior of
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Slide is used to transform the components, and the active handle is temporarily set to screen. This allows the components
to slide without any constraints.
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Slide is used to transform the components, and the transformation is constrained along whatever manipulator handle is active.
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Based upon the direction of your mouse movement when dragging, Maya will activate the appropriate manipulator handle. For
example, if the Y-axis happens to be pointing towards the top of the viewport and you
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is held. This applies only to the move and scale manipulators.
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Specifies the behavior of
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-drag while any of the transformation tools are active.
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Slide is used to transform the components, and the active handle is temporarily set to screen. This allows the components
to be slid without any constraints.
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Slide is used to transform the components, and the transformation is constrained along whatever manipulator handle is active.
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