Curve Tool Kit

Overview

This is a tool kit consists of multiple small functions for Maya curves. We can dock the UI to the side for easy access.

• Random Curve Select

  • ​Set Selected Curves For Random Select:

    • ​Tag all selected Maya curves to be counted in the random selection.

  • Random Select Slider:

    • % for random curve selection.

• Batch Curve Transform

  • ​Pivot to Root:

    • ​Set pivot to the root of all selected curve(s).

  • Batch Mode On:

    • ​Toggle selection mode to curves only. This will affect all curves in scene. If you do not want some curves to be affected, please put them in a display layer and hide it.

    • After clicking on 'Batch Mode On', Maya will only be able to select 'curves' in your scene.

  • Batch Mode Off:

    • ​Make sure to click on 'Batch Mode Off' to set Maya selection back to normal.

• Curve CV Selection

  • Select "First", "Last", "Next" or "Previous" CVs based on current selections.

• Curve Rebuild

  • Rebuild - A simple curve rebuild. Default degree is set to 3. To build a curve with total of 8 CVs, put a span of 5.

  • Smooth - Smooths selected curves with the strength value.

  • Average Curves - Scale the selected curves so they have equal length.

  • Get Length - Get the 'average length' of selected curves.

  • Set - Scales the selected curves so they equal the defined length in the field box.

Rebuild/Smooth/Average Curves

Get/Set Curves Length

• Functions

  • Mirror - Makes a copy of selected curves and flips them over either X, Y, or Z axis.

  • Lattice - Maya's default Lattice function.

  • Check Overlapping Curves - From selected curves, check if curves are sitting within the threshold distance.

Using Lattice On Curves and Baking it

Check for Overlapping Curves