Hi guys, Thanks for your help, and sorry for the late reply! I've been trying to find some time to show what I meant visually. @Chris, I tried using that, but does not seem to work when I press it. do you know what the command name is by chance? I remapped almost all the keyboard to match my xsi/3ds max setup.. but I hadnt remapped that key so I am not sure what I am doing wrong,knowing the command name would help @Stefan, I also tried keyframing the camera as you suggested, but the image plane stays fixed and does not zoom like xsi, here is an example: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4138955/drop3d/maya_imageplane_camera_keyframe.gif ..again, using maya mel hotkeys I can zoom, but still it will be good to do it simply with maya's default nav.. pan & zoomexample zoom in (mel): string $currentPanel = `getPanel -up`; string $camera = `modelPanel -q -camera $currentPanel`; float $overscan = `getAttr ($camera + ".overscan")`; setAttr ($camera + ".overscan") ($overscan - 0.1) ; print ($camera + ".overscan = " + ($overscan - 0.1) + "\n"); on the viewport: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4138955/drop3d/maya_imageplane.gif and here is the example in xsi where the image plane (rotoscope) stays fix while zooming in. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4138955/drop3d/xsi_imageplane.gif so if its not possible to do it without mel, I ll stick to it, but I still thought of asking in case any of you had another workaround to share closer to xsi's... Regards,
-Manuel > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:44:16 +1100 > Subject: Re: xsi's "Attached to Camera" feature in maya? > To: [email protected] > > use the "\" (backslash) key. i think they introduced it in 2011, and > it works quite nicely. hold it down to pan and zoom, just tap it to > toggle the zoomed in state. > > cheers, > chrisg > > > >> Hi List, > >> > >> I am doing some personal workflow comparisons between maya and xsi using > >> photogrammetry. > >> and I am wondering for those of you that had used maya before, do you know > >> if there is a way in maya > >> to lock the camera as in xsi to keep zooming onto the plate without > >> changing the actual camera zoom, position, etc.. > >> > >> I have all my cameras in maya locked (translation, rotation) to avoid > >> unwanted movements, but still want to be able > >> to zoom in/out and pan as in xsi but can't seem to be able by default > >> without changing the camera values. > >> I am using display "looking through camera". > >> > >> Currently I am zooming&panning using melscript to hotkeys but I do find > >> this cumbersome, as it takes time and its unnatural rather than > >> using the normal navigation, yes as in xsi. > >> > >> Any clues? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> -Manuel > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------- > > Stefan Kubicek Co-founder > > ------------------------------------------- > > keyvis digital imagery > > Wehrgasse 9 - Grüner Hof > > 1050 Vienna Austria > > Phone: +43/699/12614231 > > --- www.keyvis.at [email protected] --- > > -- This email and its attachments are > > --confidential and for the recipient only-- > > >
