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Y-up Z-up Maya Preferences

Y-up Z-up Maya Preferences

Wouldn't it be nice to have a consistent switch or change when changing between y-up and z-up in the main settings? I encounter the same annoying procedure every now and then which should be very easy to fix.

Working for the automotive industry that is using z-up for all 3D virtual modeling purposes makes the workflow in Maya always a pain when working with characters, fluids, MASH, paint effects etc. sometimes these tools' presets are based on y-up, sometimes on z-up, sometimes they are easy to change, sometimes to change the up-axis is hidden in a particular tab not easy to find and so and so on.

I would highly appreciate a consistent choice of up-axis in the Maya Preferences, switching all related axis/ without transform/ flush transform etc.

2 Comments
daveSchoneveld
Participant

Preferences > Settings >World Coordinate System > Z
It does what you say but its pretty annoying b/c it doesn't feel tightly integrated. Maya fluids default to being rotated, among other small things. 

tj.galda
Alumni
Status changed to: Archived
 

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