Align Pivot to Direction

Working properly in 3ds Max 2020

Thanks so much!

Thank you so much !!

great tool!!

Hi,

I love these simple scripts but this one has gone and broke in the latest version of 3ds Max 2019.

The pivot still aligns but the preview doesn't work so it's impossible to tell what the cursor is selecting or snapping to for the alignment. (The preview still works fine in the Object to Direction script)

Can this be fixed?

The problem is solved. Please, test the script.

Dotted line still doesn't show up but the snapping preview cross appears.

Thank you so much for the quick update man!

It should show the dotted line now. Please, download the version _13 again and install it.

Perfect!

Thank you so much :)

Hi miauu, thanks for the awesome script first of all.

Unfortunatly, i also often run into the issue "appius" already reported (that the geo moves slightly, when only the pivot should change). I can not confirm that applying Xform does change this.

If your object is scaled at subobject level then the object will moves. Applying resetXForm will sove the problem. And because of problems like this(andnot only) the golden rule is to not scale objects at subobject level.

wow this is musthave tool, but it would be great to apply object pivot to all sub-objects. is it possible to implement?

Use the script to orient the pivot of the object.
Then, go to any suobject level, set Reference Coordiante System to PARENT and all subobjects elements will use the object's pivot.

thaks for the nice script.
sometime, using the script make the object rotating itself instead of rotating the pivot. I have to solve it by applying a reset xform first...

THis should not happen, but I can't reproduce the error.
Next time when this happen can you check if the object is scaled before to use the script?

Maya 2016 SP1
I've executed the script and assigned a keybind.
I select my mesh - a box - and click my keybind > Align Z axis
Result: My mesh becomes skewed/deformed

You mean Max 2016 SP1. Can you send me the object to miau_u@yahoo.com?

Similarly to the present script:
I'd select the modifier's Gizmo, then invoke script, select axis etc.
but XYZ turned to UVW.

Not not exactly but close:
http://i.imgur.com/PSpHao4.gifv
(the texture's U axis get aligned to the edge (blue one))

If only this script could work with UVW modifier's gizmo!

How exactly you want to use it with UVW Modifier?

miauu ,
it's awesome! thank you for your generosity and talent.

Nice script, thank you.

One suggestion though. Is it possible to add another option called "Align X,Y,Z axes" ? This will align all axes at once. When clicked this option, user will click 6 times sequentially(First 2 clicks will set X, second clicks will set Y, and then Z)
Thanks in advance.

Script allows you to pick only two points in the scene. Those points define a vector. How to align 3 axes to one vector?

For example when I want to align pivot to 3 axes, I'm running the script and click "align x axis" and click two points to define x vector. Then I run the script second time for aligning for y axis and do above steps and again for z axis.

There couldn't be an easier way for this? Like running the script, first 2 clicks define x, second 2 clicks defines y, and third 2 clicks define z.

Try version 1.2

working great!!!! Thank you very much!

thank you - great script and very useful!
but i experience some issues with wacom tablet - need to click very carefully or many clicks to make it work
is there any option to make it working with pen input

thanks again
viktor

Try version 1.1.

Thank you "miauu" for making this script .
Best Regards

Please can you help me with a script that can align the x-axis pivot to the edge of a line (its a straight line with 2 points)

I've posted the solution here.