Improved Asset Manager & Placer tool for Autodesk Maya
This script contains 2 tools, Asset Manager & Placer tool for Autodesk Maya. Check the video below to fully understand the tools.
1) Asset Manager
- This is an improved asset manager for Autodesk Maya. It's true power is when used with Placer tool, where you can select assets in manager and use placer tool to spawn selected objects in the scene world.
- Add your favorite Library folders to the list for fast access.
- Quickly switch Add to Scene method between Instance / Reference / Import
-> Instance Mode : References the first time, after that it will instance the already referenced mesh. Only works when used with placer tool otherwise it works as normal reference mode.
-> Reference Mode : Always creates a new reference
-> Import Mode : Always imports the selected asset.
- Adjust Spawn Parameters : You can add initial spawn offsets or random values to positions / Rotations & Scale values
- Search bar to search your assets based on their tags
- File browser to browse your assets and add them to the scene.
- Resizable Asset thumbnail sizes.
- Functionality to add new assets to the library.
Asset Manager Shortcuts
- Double click any asset to Reference or import based on the current mode.
- ALT + Double click to open the asset file.
- CTRL + Click to select Multiple assets used for placer tool.
- SHIFT + Click - to range select Multiple assets used for placer tool.
- ALT + Click - Opens asset editor window, which allows you to recapture thumbnail or to change search tags for this asset.
2) Placer Tool
- This is a great helper for set dressing. With this tool active you can Drag any mesh onto any other surface and also align it to that surface normal & also helps with instancing, moving, rotating & scaling about surface normal.
- When used with asset manager, this tool will spawn the selected asset in library on the clicked surface.
Placer Tool Shortcuts
- Click and drag any mesh onto any surface, only works with single object can be a mesh or a group, doesn't work with multiple objects
- LMB - Select object
- LMB Drag - Select object and place it on surface under the cursor
- CTRL + LMB Drag - Select object and place and align to surface under the cursor.
- SHIFT + LMB Drag - Select object and instance it and place the instance on the surface under the cursor. you can Hold CTRL during this to also align to the surface direction.
- MMB Drag - Select object and rotate along local y axis.
- CTRL + MMB Drag - Select object and move along local y axis.
- SHIFT + MMB Drag - Select object and Scale uniformly
This bundle also include some helper scripts to collect textures and also to rescan the library to index all file tags for search to work properly.
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Script by - Vivekananda Kalidindi
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