Maya Preferences

MAYA 2015 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Install The Maya 2015 Service Packs

1. Install Maya 2015 student/educational version
2. Install the latest Maya 2015 Service Pack (google is best to find)
This will install the latest bug fixes for Maya
*Also install the latest Mudbox Service Pack if you haven’t done so too. But Maya is most critical
*ZBrush also regularly updates it’s installer too find that under auto update
3. Install my 2015 prefs as per these instructions

Close Maya

(always have maya closed when configuring preferences as it will rebuild as it shuts down)

Maya Prefs Installation Instructions

Find your preferences…
Depending on your OS..

MacOSX here: /Users/andrewsilke/Library/

Preferences/Autodesk/maya
(you need to unhide the library folder as it’s hidden)

Type in the terminal the following line

chflags nohidden ~/Library/

Unhiding The Library Folder on MacOSX

Windows
something like:

C:\Documents and Settings\andrewsilke\My Documents\maya

Backup your preferences folder

It’ll be the folder called
2015-x64
by simply renaming the existing folder to
2015-x64_backup

unzip the downloaded c3dc 2015 prefs folder

Download here. They’ll replace those you just renamed.

Load Maya

That’s it you’re done, load Maya

To Return

To return to your old preferences
CLOSE MAYA then remove, rename or move the existing folders called

2015-x64

and return the backed up folders to their original names.

WHAT’s NEW

– Lighters Friend Script
– Smooth Options For Multiple Options
– TF Skin Smooth
– Max Skin Script
– New Icons for shelf buttons
– Copy Skin Weights Shelf Icon

NAVIGATION

Zoom =alt mouse right click
Pan =alt mouse middle click
Track =alt mouse left click

COMMON

Move = w
Rotate = e
Scale = r
Show manipulator tool = t
Last tool = y
Last command = g
Group = ctrl g
Parent = p
Unparent = shift p
Rotate snap = j (hold and rotate)

QUALITY SMOOTH DISPLAY

High = ctrl alt 3
Med = ctrl alt 2
Low = ctrl alt 1

COMPONENT MODE

Object mode/deselect = alt q
Vertices = alt 1
Edges = alt 2
Faces = alt 3

WINDOWS

Hotkey window = 0
Outline = 3
Hypershade = 4
Node = shift 4
Node editor (open with selected vis) = alt 4
Render = 5
Render globals = shift 5
Camera sequencer = 6
Preferences = alt 6
Graph editor = 7
Spreadsheet editor = shift 7
Script editor = 8
UV texture = 9
Connection editor = ctrl 4
Set driven keys = shift 8

DISPLAY

Shaded toggle = 1
Texture toggle = 2
Xray toggle = shift 1
wireframe on shaded = shift 2
Lights toggle = ctrl 1
Viewport 2.0 toggle with shadows = ctrl shift alt 1
Isolate select toggle = shift \

Backface Culling (wireframe see through) = ctrl shift b

Hide Selected = ctrl h
Show Selected = shift h
Show All = shift u
Hide Unselected = ctrl u

Toggle and Key Visibility = ctrl alt shift v

EDIT

Delete History = alt d

MODIFY

Freeze transforms = alt f

BRUSH

Soft select toggle = b
Brush change = b
Brush lower radius = shift b

PLAYBACK CONTROLS

play pause= alt v
next key = c
previous key = x
step key = alt c
step key back = alt x
move key 5 frames back = ctrl alt x
move key 5 frames forward = ctrl alt c
move time next frame = alt c
move time previous frame = alt x
set range range start = ctrl alt ,
set time range end = ctrl alt .

LIGHTING

Lighting Marking Menu = l (hold L no shift)

RIGGING

Match Position Rotation = ctrl alt shift /
Constrain Marking Menu = shift v
Skeleton Marking Menu = shift x
Deformer Marking Menu = shift f

DISPLAY

Handles Toggle = alt h
Display marking menu = d (hold)
Anim Controls Vis On/Off = d (tap)

CREATE

Create cube = ctrl shift u
Create sphere = ctrl shift o
Create cylinder = ctrl shift i
Create plane = ctrl shift p

Create NURBS Circle = ctrl alt shift o

Create Quick Select Set = ctrl y

Create Locator = shift L

Create camera = Shift k

SELECT

Select hierarchy = ctrl shift alt z
Grow selection = shift . (>)
Shrink selection = shift , (<)
Select marking Menu (paint select and more) = q (hold)
Convert Selection Marking Menu = shift d

SNAP

Grid = ,
Curve = .
Vertex = /
Snap Marking menu (CG Toolkit) = ‘ (CG M icon must be pressed first in Custom Shelf)

CAMERA

Zoom in mode = \ (hold) click and drag to toggle tap this key
Select camera in view = k

MODELLING

Duplicate object = ctrl d
Extrude = ctrl e
Delete Edge = shift –
Bevel = ctrl b
Split Poly = ctlr q
Interactive Split = ctrl shift q
Slide Edge = ctl alt shift s (hold shift to go in out)
Merge verts = ctrl w
Merge to vert = ctrl shift w
Edge loop split = ctrl alt e
Edge loop split from and to = alt shift e
Cut Tool = shift q
Combine = ctrl alt shift c
Extract = alt e
Append = alt \
Bridge = ctrl alt shift b
Harden Edges = ctrl alt shift e
Soften Edges = ctrl shift e
Symmetry mode = alt m
Mirror (delete remake) polygon = shift m
Mirror (delete remake) UI = shift ctrl alt m
Sculpt Polygon Tool = ctrl alt p
Sculpt Polygon Marking Menu options = u
Polygon Tool Marking Menu = o
Center Pivot = Shift c

TOOL KIT

Tool Kit Marking Menu = alt ctrl d

ToolKit activate/deactivate = ctrl shift alt w
ToolKit Panel Show/Hide = ctrl alt q
Quad Draw = ctrl shift alt q

Instructions on how to use the toolkit are here.

PIVOT

Move pivot point = insert or home
Temporary pivot mode = ctrl f (recommended)

ANIMATION

Set key from highlighted in channel box = s
Set key on all = shift S
Scrub mode = v (hold mouse and left click or middle click)
Set hold hotkey = alt a
Tangent works = a
Copy (graph) = ctrl c
Paste (graph) = ctrl v
Cycle curves = alt o
Delete key at current frame = shift ‘ (“)
Filter curves (select curve) = ctrl 2
View infinity graph = shift i
Jump to time of key selected = alt shift a
Snap first key to current time = ctrl alt a
Key visibility toggle = ctrl shift alt v
Insert key = i (hold middle click drag)

Tangent marking menu = a
Maya’s tangent marking menu = ctrl shift a