Yes, In NEX (internally we refer to the evolution of the NEX plugin as MTK - Modeling Tool Kit)
Modeling Panel > Transform Constraint > Surface slide + Double-click edge loop selection etc. Also, when I say "old SI move tool" I mean the M tool without any manips that predated Tweak - click & drag points. ;-) That is what Maya's tweak mode is like. (except it works on all component types) -- Brent From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Martin Yara Sent: 19 March 2014 16:35 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Autodesk webinar Hi Brent, Thanks for your detailed explanation. from a SI user POV yeah that isn't very impressive, but being a partial Maya user, that sounds pretty cool. Not enough to make me want to model in Maya but I may not need to move back to SI when tweaking models for a Maya based project. BTW, One of the model tools I miss in Maya is the old SI Move Tool with Magnet. Moving edge loops almost without affecting the object form is something I can't live without. I remember how excited I was when learned MMB + drag + Magnet to move edge loops. I couldn't stop moving edges :D Is there anything close to that in Maya? If not, you should add it. Martin On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:07 AM, Brent McPherson <brent.mcpher...@autodesk.com<mailto:brent.mcpher...@autodesk.com>> wrote: Hi Martin, Since I work on modeling I can comment directly on the NEX integration in 2015 and how modeling toolkit features have made their way into the native Maya selection tool. (as the other bigger features are covered in the what's new videos) Maya's native selection tool now has lazy preselection highlighting just like NEX that selects the closest component on the poly under the cursor. (like Soft's tweak tool) Sub-pixel picking precision no longer required. ;-) It also respects the highlight backfacing toggle in the modeling toolkit panel and is smart enough to ignore occluded components in shaded mode etc. We have also revamped the Drag (Tab key) and Tweak (` backtick key) modes in Maya's select tool. Drag is a raycast selection mode that you activate by holding Tab and again makes use of lazy preselection. So just hold Tab and raycast away from your current selection tool. If you start dragging on an unselected component the tool adds to the selection but if you start on a selected component it removes so no need for keyboard modifier calisthenics! Tweak (` backtick key) is a quick (manip-free) way of adjusting components (like the *old* Soft move tool) and has a nice big tolerance when outside the object so it can be used to tweak components on the silhouette of your mesh. Maya's "multi" selection mode (RMB menu) is also a nice way to work with points/edges/polys without switching selection modes. Speaking of RMB menus in Maya you can activate RMB radial menu items by RMB dragging quickly - so a RMB-left-swipe will put you in vertex mode without displaying the menu. Maya's loop selection has also been updated to the same level of functionality in NEX/Soft so you can make ring or partial loop selections by clicking an edge and the shift-double-clicking another edge in the loop/ring. (so for those familiar with Maya you don't need to switch to the special purpose ring selection tool anymore) Symmetry in Maya has been completely re-written and integrated between Maya and NEX. When symmetry is enabled your selections are fully symmetrical so most non-interactive modeling ops will basically work in 2015. It also supports NEX's topological symmetry which works off the mesh topology and can work on a posed/deformed character as long as the mesh is symmetrical. Maya and NEX soft selection settings have also been unified in 2015. In this instance we went with the Maya tech because it has some really nice features. You tap B to toggle soft select or hold B and LMB drag to adjust soft select. My favorite feature here is how the current weights are locked until you change your selection so you can tweak the same selection multiple times without having your soft selection recalculated each time you release the mouse. Undo also restores your soft selection weights which is a nice added touch. (Unfortunately the NEX tools don't have this weight preserving feature though they use same soft-select falloff settings in 2015) Anyway those are just a few of the ways we have started to integrate NEX into Maya in 2015. Maybe it doesn't sound that impressive to Soft users but we are making progress. -- Brent
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