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Is there "Snap to surface" on maya like blender

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:43:56 GMT

On blender i can Snap the object on surface and drag it around how do i to it on maya 2018?

Like this

Re: Is there "Snap to surface" on maya like blender

sean.heasley — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:43:28 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

There's a handful of ways to do this but I find the easiest way is using the Snap Together Tool.
This can be found under Modify->Snap Together Tool.

This video also shows this tool and a handful of other ways to achieve this.

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Re: Is there "Snap to surface" on maya like blender

sean.heasley — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:51:21 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

I'm just checking in again to see if you need more help with this. Did the suggestion I provided yesterday work for you?

If so, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

Re: Is there "Snap to surface" on maya like blender

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 08:35:55 GMT

Another way to do it is using the Deform->ShrinkWrap function of maya. Or if you are interested in aligning an object to another on creation you can use Modify->Make Live feature. Maya has so many features, I am sure there are another 10 possibilities 😉

Re: Is there "Snap to surface" on maya like blender

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:07:38 GMT

This solution is way to slow and not interactive enough. Pointing and clicking isn't very useful compared to the blender approach. Normal constraint and Geo Contraint are promising.. but are to annoying to set up and use quickly. In blender all you do is select the object and hold control and move. It will snap to surface and align with the normals as you move around.

Re: Is there "Snap to surface" on maya like blender

Lindsey_Robbins — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 22:51:31 GMT

If you make the base object 'Live' and then move your objects, they should snap to the surface. They won't rotate, like with the snap tool, but it works pretty well for most things.

Re: Is there "Snap to surface" on maya like blender

damaggio — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:21:58 GMT

He's right though, too many clicks in Maya for such a simple task, Blender beats by far on this one.

Pass it to Devs Sean, thanks

Re: Is there "Snap to surface" on maya like blender

Lindsey_Robbins — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 01:06:55 GMT

Agreed. I'd love it to be a true 'on surface' snap.

Re: Is there "Snap to surface" on maya like blender

mspeer — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:04:20 GMT

Hi!

@damaggio

You may overlooked this, but sean.heasley is no longer at Autodesk or here at the forums.

Please use "Maya Ideas" to post feature requests:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-ideas/idb-p/968

Re: Is there "Snap to surface" on maya like blender

timothy.handy — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 03:21:44 GMT

MAYA 2024 and it still hasn't been switched to a 'True snap on surface" tool.