Snap To Live Surface And Woork Planes

# 1 14-07-2015 , 10:22 PM

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Hi,

I want to create a plane that acts as a new grid. So that I can draw new primitives on that plane etc. Here is a screenshot that shows closest I get. I created a construction plane then made it live and turned snap to live surface option on. Problem with that is when I draw a plane it is indeed on the plane but it is not aligned with plane.

Please help me out. Thank you.

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# 2 14-07-2015 , 11:23 PM

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Try adding more subdivisions to the live plane..............dave

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# 3 14-07-2015 , 11:40 PM

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Thank you for your reply but it doesn't help. Any other idea?

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# 4 15-07-2015 , 08:08 AM

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I have seen this question come up several times on various maya forums but have never seen a simple solution.

Here is a workaround.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RVB...ature=youtu.be

I believe you should be able to do this more efficiently by aligning a camera to the construction planes object axis. But I will have to experiment with that when I have more time. In the mean time I hope this workaround will help you out.

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