Improve Construction History

[trevor.adams]

Other applications like 3ds Max and Softimage give you more complete and more reliable control over the construction history (modifier stack) of an object.  Plus, the user experience in editing that history is better than it is in Maya.  Currently, Maya's construction history isn't very useful beyond the last-created node.

Here is a list of things we should be able to do with construction history in Maya, directly in the UI (e.g. Channel Box)

• Reorder operations in the history chain
• Easily turn an operator on/off (mute)
• Delete history nodes
• Delete "up to here" history nodes (like "Collapse To" in 3ds Max)
• Copy/paste history nodes
• Instantiate history nodes

[BenediZ]

There is no other way, otherwise nothing will ever happen:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-ideas/stop-developing-new-tools-for-1-year-instead-spend-everyth...

[leecaste]

2.5 years later...still "UNDER REVIEW"...nice job Autodesk, nice job.

[g2m.agent]

"Instantiate history nodes" will be very useful, just like Houdini digital asset

[Kloworks]

I see some ideas got accepted and this one the most users vote for it, still didn't get it ? 

[Anonymous]

Years later still nothing? Wow

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I switched to cinema 4d awhile ago... Enough of this garbage Autodesk
program

[johnkeates2865]

To be fair, they have been making some inroads into this, by using tags for applying deformers to sets of components etc. I haven't tested it though.

[singhs_apps]

@Anonymous 

How is the switch to Cinema4d going ?

I am myself looking to make a switch. It seems very friendly for solo artists

[1006138663]

It's amazing that after so many years, developers still don't care.

[Kloworks]

@trevor.adams 

So is there a hope or not ? 

[PuChiNgBaLLz]

Most important thing of what i read is procedural calculations, history must work Autodesk inventor's, adapting to changes.

[Kranos_Orphydian]

are you up to something at least?

[1006138663]

4 years later...still "UNDER REVIEW"...nice job Autodesk, nice job.

[1006138663]

5 years later...still "UNDER REVIEW"...nice job Autodesk, nice job.

[mcw0]

I haven't read through all the comments.  But the core issue is how Maya handles modifiers.  Basically, Maya "hardcodes" the inputs (components) for each modifier.  So if you reorder, the inputs might no longer be valid.  What's needed is a world space position approach.  Modifiers need to find the components that are at a world space position.  That would keep the process flexible.  Anyway, just my thought of the moment when I saw this post.