Pivot & Align Tools
Pivot & Align Tools (PAT) are a set of macros bundled into a quad menu that allow you to perform various object alignment, pivot alignment and object snapping functions... among others. Most of the functions can operate on a selection of multiple objects at once, including grouped objects as part of the selection (open or closed).
See online guide in links section.
The "LBTools - PAT Quad" menu can be found under the Quads tab in Customize. Assign hotkey to access it.
Latest Updates:
Version 2.4;
- Added "Pivot Align To Polygon" which aligns the selected object's pivot to the center of a single polygon selection and orients it to the surface normal.
- Added "Clone To Surface" which allows creating of new selected object instances onto a picked surface for each mouse click, with optional dragging via the options menu.
- Added "Drag On Surface" which allows a selection of objects to be tagged as draggable. It will use each of the selected object's negative local Z-axis to find any surface intersection point in the scene and continuously snap to its surface normal. The quad menu toggle will display a tick to indicate status.
The "LBTools - PAT Quad" menu can be found under the Quads tab in Customize. Assign hotkey to access it.
Installation:
Drag the MZP file into your Max viewport. A restart will be required to initialize the quad-menu.
Files will be copied to...
C:\Users\<userName>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\<maxVersion>\ENU\scripts\startup
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| old_2-3_lbtools_pivotaligntools.mzp | 19.12 KB |
| lbtools_pivotaligntools.mzp | 21.02 KB |
Comments
Yessss ...
Can't say nothing but WOOOOW !
Marco
3ds max 2020.3 - crash on
3ds max 2020.3 - crash on start
can't install in max2021
It works when running as Administrator,thank you for your script
can't install in max2021
I drag it into 3ds max 2021 but nothing happend
Re: I have the same problem, I
I just figured it out.
I made a new menu with all the List options and assign a keyboard shortcut to it on Keyboard tab, now it's saving.
Re: I have the same problem, I
I formatted my PC and after installing 3ds max 2018 I just installed your plugin without any other plugins and the same error appeared, I even tried with Update 1, 2 and 4 but nothing.
I opened the file that you mentioned but there's only one entry for Quad and List I even used CTRL + F to search for it.
The funny thing through it was working without any problem before, now I don't know what's happening.
My problem isn't that it's showing duplicate menus but that it isn't saving the keyboard shortcut.
Sorry for any mistakes on my english.
Re: I have the same problem, I
Hi, I'm not having any issues with my installation and I can't reproduce the problem. You might need to edit your auto-saved .mnux file in ... \AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\\ENU\en-US\UI\Workspaces\usersave\ ... for example, mine saves to ... Workspace1__usersave__.mnux.
In that file just remove any duplicate entries ...
<Context menuID="20" title="LBTools - PAT Quad - List" showAll="0" />
<Context menuID="21" title="LBTools - PAT Quad - 4x4" showAll="0" />
<Context menuID="22" title="LBTools - PAT Quad - List" showAll="0" />
<Context menuID="23" title="LBTools - PAT Quad - 4x4" showAll="0" />
... and also update the menuID's so they're sequential again.
That should fix it from then on.
Lorne Brooks
I have the same problem, I
I have the same problem, I assigned a hotkey but it doesn't save
and now I have 6 menus in my list.
You can find out the reason,
You can find out the reason, the script constantly creates a new menu of itself.
thank you too much
thank you too much for your great effort
i try to create a new quad and move the script to it (working good)
thank you again