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[Jo Wand]

Hi guys
Could any one tell me if there is a simple way of turning show vertices on and off for the F9 key as mine is not working...
Could just be me I guess...

Im trying to reshape a curve inside a tree mesh which I've already made into a wire deformer. Is this possible?

I just cant bring up the vertices.....

Thanks.

[gster123]

Can you not just press F8 to go between object and componant? and then right click and go to vertex.

OR even just right click in object mode and select vertex?

[Jo Wand]

Thanks Steve..... I've really only been using the F keys.... So simple! Well.... Thats going to speed me up!!

Cheers!

[gster123]

Cool

To be honest I've never used the f9 key, didnt know it did that, haha!

To be honest I probably only use about 2 tools more from when I started on version 6 when modeling!

[Jo Wand]

Ha ha,
I'll get to grips with it one day! x

[alexanderH]

From what I've seen with the F keys you have to switch to component mode before f9 will take you to verts. I believe f10 gets you faces. Nice handy shortcuts, but the right click menu has all of that up front too so it allows you to take a hand away from the keyboard, for example making tablet work much nicer

[gster123]

Nah you dont, in object mode pressing F9 ,F10 etc lets you select them directly, no need to go to comp. (checked it out after this thread!)

But with a quick right click your sorted, I pretty much use the hotbox all the time now with no menus up at all, a lot faster, took a while to get used to though!

[alexanderH]

Originally posted by gster123
Nah you dont, in object mode pressing F9 ,F10 etc lets you select them directly, no need to go to comp. (checked it out after this thread!)

But with a quick right click your sorted, I pretty much use the hotbox all the time now with no menus up at all, a lot faster, took a while to get used to though!

Yeah I like the hotbox, only problem is in a dense scene it is at times rather difficult to get what you need, but I've learned that if your object is selected and in object mode you don't need to right click for hotbox over the object, youcan go it in grey space and still get what you need up. It is fairly awesome

[Jay]

F8 thru to F12 run you through the gammut of component modes. As with F1 to F5 run you thru maya help and your on screen menu sets: animation, polys, surface etc...

cheers
Jay

[Jo Wand]

I dont know if this is of interest to anyone but I keep it on the wall in case i get stuck!! The commands are easier to read tho as they are usually in bold type.......
I think I'm going to try and get used to using the hot box tho... I also find my keyboard stickers really helpful...


Snapping Operations:

Snap to curves c
Snap to grids x
Snap to points v
Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping j
Move, Rotate, Scale Tool relative snapping Shift+J

Painting Operations:

Flood with the current value Alt+f
Turn Show Wireframe on/off Alt+a
Turn Color Feedback on/off Alt+c
Toggle Reflection on/off Alt+r
Artisan Paint Operation marking menu u+LMB
Modify upper brush radius b
Modify lower brush radius Shift+B
Edit Paint Effects template brush settings Ctrl+b
Modify Artisan brush Stamp Depth i
Modify Max Displacement [1] m
Modify Value n
Switch to pick colour mode /
Select cluster mode [2] '
Open Paint Effects panel 8
Poly Brush Tool marking menu o+LMB
Poly UV Tool marking menu o+MMB

[1] Of Sculpt Surfaces and Sculpt Polygons Tool
[2] Of Paint Weights Tool

Tumble, Track or Dolly:

Tumble Tool Alt+LMB
Track Tool Alt+MMB
Dolly Tool Alt+RMB

Display:

Shading > Wireframe 4
Shaded display 5
Shaded and Textured display 6
Lighting > Use All Lights 7
Display Quality marking menu d+LMB
Low Quality Display setting 1
Medium Quality Display setting 2
High Quality Display setting 3

Displaying Objects (show, hide):

Display > Hide > Hide Selection Ctrl+h
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Display > Hide > Hide Unselected Objects Alt+h
Show > Isolate Select > View Selected Shift+I

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Complete current tool Return
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Enter tool Edit mode Insert
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Select tool Alt+q
Polygon marking menu Alt+q+LMB
Mask marking menu q+LMB
Move tool w
Move tool marking menu w+LMB
Rotate tool e
Rotate tool marking menu e+LMB
Scale tool r
Scale tool marking menu r+LMB
Show manipulator tool t
Select last used tool [3] y
Snap Move, Rotate, Scale tool j
Increase manipulator size = or +
Decrease manipulator size -

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Animation Operations:

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Insert Keys tool [4] i
Keyframe marking menu Shift+S+LMB
Tangent marking menu Shift+S+MMB
Set key for Rotate Shift+E
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Cycle handle stiky state (for IK handles) Alt+s

[4] For Graph Editor

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Move forward one frame Alt+.
Move backward one frame Alt+,
Go to Next key .
Go to previous key ,
Turn Playback on/off Alt+v
Go to Min Frame Alt+Shift+v

Hotbox Display:

Hotbox Space
Default Hotbox Style [5] Alt+m

[5] Zones and Menus Rows

Window and View Operations:

Toogle Attribute Editor and Channel Box Crtl+a
Frame all in active panel a
History Operations marking menu a+LMB
Frame All in all views Shift+A
Frame selected in active panel f
Frame selected in all views Shift+F
Redo view change ]
Undo view change [
Set keyboard focus to command line `
Set keyboard focus to numeric input line Alt+`
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Move up one pixel Alt+Up arrow
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Move right one pixel Alt+Right arrow

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Walk left current hierarchy Left arrow
Walk right current hierarchy Right arrow

Modeling Operations:

Display coarser Sub-d level Crtl+Up arrow
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Convert poly selection to Vertices Crtl+F9
Convert poly selction to Edges Crtl+F10
Covert poly selection to Faces Crtl+F11
Convert poly selction to UVs Crtl+F12

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File > Open Scene Ctrl+o
File > Save Scene Ctrl+s
File > Exit Ctrl+q

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Show Dynamics menu set F4
Show Rendering menu set F5

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Repeat command at mouse position Shift+G
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Edit > Unparent Shift+P
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Edit > Paste Ctrl+v

Selecting Objects & Components:

Switching between Objevt and Component Editing F8
Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Vertices F9
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Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Faces F11
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Select next intermediate onject Ctrl+i
Select Polygon Vertex/Faces Alt+F9
Shrink polygon selection region <
Grow polygon selection region >