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 window, click one of the axis buttons in the .
- In the section of the window, click .
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 section of the window, select .
The locked vertices are selected in the scene.
Tip
The button displays the number of vertices that are currently locked.
To unlock vertices
- In the section of the window, select .
