[Intuition]

https://youtu.be/qeWNVbYpwO0

Finally finished the Maya video. This version was the 5th attempt as each previous attempt had technical problems that made the vid  unwatchable like manual focus going in and out. Sound problems. Etc.

This one went a bit long but is packed with quite a bit of info.  I go through the information in a casual way to explain the context of each section.
Covers in one tutorial what two softimage tuts did which is why it is long.

3D View Navigation.
Alt + Mouse Keys 
Rotate/Orbit - Alt + Left Mouse Click - Drag
Pan/Move      - Alt + Middle Mouse Click -Drag
Dolly/In-Out  - Alt + Left and Middle Mouse Click - Drag

Item Navigation Hotkeys
Select Tool - Q
Move Tool  - W
Rotate Tool- E
Scale Tool   - R
Autosize      - A
Focus selected item - F

Scale Move/Rotate/Scale Gimble  + or - on NUMPAD

Item Navigation Marking Menus
W + Left Click - Move Tool Options
E + Left Click - Rotate Tool Options
R + Left Click - Scale Tool Options

HOTBOX MENU - Press and hold SPACEBAR
Jump Between 3d Views - Press and Release SPACEBAR QUICKLY

Set Subdivision Level
1 - lowest
2 - mid
3 - smooth

Display Hotkeys 
Wireframe - 4
Shaded        - 5
Textured     - 6

Snaps 
Grid Snap      - X 
Curve Snap   - C
Vertex Snap - V

Pivot Point 
Move Pivot Point - Hold D 
Turn on / off Move Pivot - Insert Key  

Duplicate item - CTRL + D
Hide Item -          CTRL +H
UnHIDE Item - SHIFT + H

[gijoe77]

thank you for this!

[BackPlaner]

Awesome thanks! 👍

[Intuition]

You're all welcome.

I want to do another Maya one before moving on to Houdini, Alias Power Animator, Lightwave, etc.

I was looking for the Maya 6.5 Bonus Tools that used to be downloadable back then. I found the Windows package and it should be compatible with Irix, not sure though as I am sure that there may be some parsing that is handled differently in Mel.

The Bonus Tools marking menus in 6.5 were the beginning of Context sensitive Marking menus and are still in use today in modern Maya's
They consolidate all of the tools into one easy marking menu function depending on your selection.

Another tutorial on this alone and then adding a tutorial on how to make your own marking menus as well as a little more info on how to setup your own custom Mel scripts to create macro functions might round out Maya part 2 while keeping it under an hour.

[vishnu]

Great video, mucho appreciato!

[Intuition]

Maya 6.5 Bonus Tools ... dropping this here since I can't get networking going on my o2 again. :/ Had it running between all three win7<>Octane<>o2 last year. 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/usccu6d7j...n.zip/file

I will be making another Maya video on these modeling marking menus... the bonus tools....and how to customize shelves. 

How to make your own macro functions looking at and using the mel commands from the script editor.

Ok these work in Irix. Some don't work but the marking menus do. Perhaps after I do the video someone else can advise me why it takes the original bonus tools directory.
In any case I will be able to show what I needed using this download for windows re-purposed for Irix.

[Irinikus]

A huge thanks for the video!

Ive been away from Maya for quite a while now, but will definitely use this as a reference when I return! (So many machines to play with, so little time! It's becoming hard to maintain focus on any specific area :( )

[Intuition]

Thanks Irinikus. I am uploading Part 2 right now. Hopefully uploaded later tonight. Its uses the custom context sensitive marking menus included in the Bonus Tools file and how I installed it.

I then show how to create a custom marking menu, shelves, and some messing around with MEL a little and how that streamlines workflow.

Should be ready tonight and I'll make a separate post.