Custom hotkey to toggle proportional modelling on and off
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Summary
The button to toggle proportional modelling on and off is not listed as a 'Command' within the Keyboard Mapping tool so it is not possible to simply choose to assign a hotkey to this command.
However, when the Proportional Modelling option is activated or deactivated the action is recorded in the Command History so it is quite straightforward to create a custom button to toggle this setting. This custom button can be assigned to a hotkey because it will be listed as a command under the Custom Script Commands group within the Keyboard Mapping tool.
Steps
- Turn Proportional Modelling on and off and note the command which appears in the command history.
- When Proportional Modelling is activated the following command is logged:
SetUserPref "3D_TRANSFO_PROPORTIONAL_CHANGED", 1
- When Proportional Modelling is de-activated the following command is logged:
SetUserPref "3D_TRANSFO_PROPORTIONAL_CHANGED", 0
- These two commands can be combined in a simple script to toggle Proportional Modelling on and off:
pref = GetUserPref ("3D_TRANSFO_PROPORTIONAL_CHANGED")
if pref = 1
then
SetUserPref "3D_TRANSFO_PROPORTIONAL_CHANGED", 0
else
SetUserPref "3D_TRANSFO_PROPORTIONAL_CHANGED", 1
end if
- Use this script to create a custom command button in a custom toolbar which you can use to toggle Proportional Modelling on and off and it will now be possible to assign this command to a hotkey.
- To do this, open the Keyboard Mapping tool and under the Custom Script Commands group you will see the name of your Proportional Modelling toggle button. Assign this command to a hotkey of your choice to create a hotkey that will toggle Proportional Modelling on and off.
More Information
This technique makes it possible to create a hotkey or toggle button for various scene settings which you might want to toggle on and off regularly.
Applies To: XSI 3.0,XSI 3.0.1 on NT,Win2K,Irix,Linux
Posted: 4/8/2003
