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).

NOTE: This script was written for 3dsmax prior to 2025 which introduced a new menu system. This will be rectified in future updates.

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 2.41;

• Fixed quad submenus from creating duplicates after each 3dsmax shutdown, due to not unregistering existing submenus before creating which caused config file bloat.

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.