what i was use to was the ability to select a vertex and enter the world position in the move tool to move it to where i want, is it possible to do this in Maya?
You can do this by using the component editor. Window>General Editors>Component Editor. Select the "Polygons" tab. There you'll get the vertex.x, y, and z positions in world space. Select the vertices that you'd like to edit, and they'll show up in there.
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