Lock Component Maya help

muller.dane — Wed, 29 May 2019 23:29:02 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to find a nicer way of locking a component. Currently I have to select vertices and go to cv under channel box and right click for a lock/unlock. I was looking for a script or feature in maya that I can simply just lock a given component with a click or keybind. I ran across the bellow instructions on the maya help files. But I am confused with it because I do not see a vertex locking section in the modelling toolkit like it says there is. If this were to work it would be great. Is there something I am missing to get this to work? Is there another way anyone knows of that I can use or script to quickly lock or unlock a component? Thanks!

To lock vertices

In your scene, select the components you want to exclude from your transformation.
Select one of the transform tools. See Transform tools.
Do one of the following to lock an axis:
- In your scene, click a manipulator handle.
- In the Modeling Toolkit window, click one of the axis buttons in the Transform Options.
In the Vertex Locking section of the Modeling Toolkit window, click Lock Selected.
The vertices that are associated with the selection are locked in place and can not be transformed along the locked axis.

To select locked vertices

In the Vertex Locking section of the Modeling Toolkit window, select Select Locked.
The locked vertices are selected in the scene.
Tip
The Select Locked button displays the number of vertices that are currently locked.

To unlock vertices

In the Vertex Locking section of the Modeling Toolkit window, select Unlock All.

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