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Move with Keyboard

By sergo · Credited author: Sergo Pogosyan · 2008-11-12

Version
0.9
Version requirement
2008-2011
Date updated
2011-06-02
Votes
26
Description

Macroscripts for moving polygons and objects with keyboard.


UPDATE 02 June 2011

New reference Coordinate System are now supported:

  • Object, Grid and Working Pivot coordinate systems in object mode.
  • Object and Grid coordsys coordinate systems in face sub-object mode.

 

The only way to move faces and polygons in local space in 3ds max 2009!

Support Edit Poly modifier's polygons, Editable Poly's polygons and Editable Mesh's polygons. In any other selection (vetices/edges) or in base object level whole object is moving in current coordinate system.

Additional Info

Installation:

Install scripts by running "move with keyboard.ms" file from any place. Also you need "sergo-functions.ms" file, put it in the Scripts/Startup folder. This file is the same for some other scripts from this site, so you can overwrite it if you already have it in that folder.

Restart 3dsmax and assign shortcut keys (up-down keys seem most reasonable) to "MovePositiveByKeyboard" and "MoveNegativeByKeyboard" scripts in "Sergo Pogosyan" category.

Also you can add toolbar button or shortcut for the "Set MoveByKeyboard Step" script to set the step size.

Usage:

Select objects or polygons(only) in EditablePoly/EditPoly/EditableMesh sub-objects and press assigned keys to move objects/polygons forth or back on the active axis. Start "Set MoveByKeyboard Step" script to specify moving step.

Only one axis should be selected.

Attachments

Tags: moving tool, transformation tool

Comments (13)

Artie · 2013-12-04

very useful script but i wasn't able to get it to work - it shows me an error. i'm using max 2014.

Attachments

Dmugen · 2013-09-17

Can u make a video showing how this works, I can't get it to work. I'm using 3ds max 2014.

Is this script suppose to let me move vertice/s, edge/s. object/s? I really want a script like this.

Only Objects

sergo · 2013-09-17

As far as I remember you should run this script and in SergoPogosyan category you'll find for scripts. Next you should assign any keys to that scripts (arrow keys for example) and that's all.
Hope that helps.

Thanks for ur reply

Dmugen · 2013-09-18

Nevermind using a script, I got an idea ....I'm using a mouse emulator, it emulates the mouse clicks,movements with the keyboard and also it can toggle the left click..beautiful I can move anything in 3ds max.

Nik · 2013-02-06

Cool, but sorry does not work for subobject vertex and edge.
On 3dsmax 2012 nice works too

Site is temporarly down.

Nik · 2013-02-04

People, someone has this script? Re-upload Please.

Script attached

sergo · 2013-02-05

Sorry guys,
Updated all links.

Thanks!!

Yusuf_ES · 2012-05-23

Good script! Thank you sergey.
Think about developing this script, refreshed? Maybe you can become more fun added to switch between the other axes. :)

I did experiment a number of utilities with the tool panel, motion capture, but the result is always absolut cordinat system. Your system has been very useful script to make incremental cordinat.

fajar · 2011-06-04

well its OK....

fajar · 2011-06-02

Why dont you bundled it with sergo script pack.....

sergo · 2011-06-02

I hate the bundles. To be more precise, I hate to maintain the bundles.

Broken Download link

othoap · 2011-06-02

Sergo,

Your download link shows a 404 error. Man I've wanted this capability for years. Man the abuse I get in forums when asking why 3d programs don't have keyboard translation is stunning to me. It's if I'd kicked there dog.

sergo · 2011-06-02

Sorry. Try new link.