Position

Series of tools for positioning objects.

• Click Mesh(added 10.16.2012)
  • Add target mesh objects with the ‘>>’ button
  • Modes:
    • Surface – places on the surface
    • Bisect – places at every contact of the cast ray on the object(s)
    • MidPoint – finds the midpoint of hit points
  • Drag – whether you want creation as you drag or not. Default is only on mouse release
  • Clamp – how many intersection are allowed, 0 means infinite
  • Create Modes – all but locator and joint will create when you drop the tool or press ‘q’ on most maya default setups
    • locator
    • joint
    • jointChain
    • curve
    • follicle
    • group — only a transform at that spot
  • Start – initializes tool
  • Drop – finalizes it (or ‘q’)
• Snap move (parent, point,orient)
• Snap aim (one to next, all to last)
• Snap to surface – snaps all selected objects to the last object in a selection
  • Options include simple snap and a snap and aim with  normal or start position orient after snap possibilities
• Grid Layout – lays out a selection of objects in a set number of columns. Option to arrange by name. Useful for laying out a bunch of blendShape targets for example
• Constraints
  • JTD Dynamic Parent Constraint (John Doublestein)