3Ds Max 2009 UV unwrap hotkey question

[breakneck]

hey all, I've been looking but I can't find the answer. Is there a hot key for this?

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/breakneck_rust/uvs_question_01.jpg

[PhilipK]

Not by default, but you can add one yourself:
"Customize > Customize User Interface" then choose "UVW Unwrap" in "Group" and scroll down till you find "TV Element Mode". And just give that a hotkey of choise.

Hope that helps :)

[renderhjs]

TexTools has a macroscript that extends the selection. If you have faces selected it will select the associated shells (just like that checkbox). If you have edges selected it will loop that edge selection.

If you don't bother installing TexTools, here is the script as standalone:
macroScript context_extend_selection category:"TexTools" ButtonText:"Extend Selection" toolTip:"Extend Selection"
(
undo on(
local objs = modPanel.getCurrentObject();
if (classof (objs) == Unwrap_UVW ) then (
local _mode =objs.unwrap2.getTVSubObjectMode();
if (_mode == 2)then(--edges
objs.unwrap2.uvEdgeSelect();
--$.modifiers[#unwrap_uvw].unwrap5.geomEdgeLoopSelection ()
)else if(_mode == 3)then(
--faces
objs.unwrap2.selectElement();
)
)
--)
)
)
run that script and then from the customize menu in the TexTools category assign it to a shortcut.

[Autocon]

Not by default, but you can add one yourself:
"Customize > Customize User Interface" then choose "UVW Unwrap" in "Group" and scroll down till you find "TV Element Mode". And just give that a hotkey of choise.

Hope that helps :)


Honestly it seems these 3D modeling programs go out of the way to give the most unhelpful naming to useful things.

TV Element Mode? where in the hell did they get TV from!

Thanks for that one though PhilipK. I always just assumed that was un-hotkeyable. Use it all the time and now I can has hotkey :)

[renderhjs]

TV = TextureVertex

[breakneck]

yea, thanks for the tips guys. . . I would of never guess TV element mode.