Pasted__Pasted__Pasted... problems!?

[rifz]

I like the new copy(Ctrl-c) and paste(Ctrl-v) option in maya 5 it's a time saver. but my transform, shape and texture names are all screwed up now! is there any way to turn it off or auto rename?

try this with a new scene, 1. create a nurb sphere 2. copy it with Ctrl-c 3. paste it with Ctrl-v and look at the name of it. it will be pasted_sphere1 and if you have a object with 100 parts they will all have that..

any ideas?

[jeffd]

Wow, I didn't even know ctrl-c, ctrl-v did that in Maya! That prefixing is pretty annoying, though.

Long ago, Dirk Bialluch wrote a pair of scripts named copy.mel and paste.mel. They are available here on here highend. I have long used these. They just do an export selected and import file and follow the rules that normally go along with that process. These might be a little cleaner in the naming for you.

--JeffD

[rifz]

are other people having this problem? is it fixed in maya 8?

[joojaa]

Wouldnt know because i disable the copypaste shortcuts the minute i start using maya. Basicaly because the way maya does copypaste is NOT a good solution for your workflow. The duplicate method is better.

Basicaly what maya does whan you hit ctrl-c is saves out the shard you have selected as a file using file -> export. Then whan you hit ctrl-v you get the same thing imported, now if you did this manualy yourself you could diasable the auto rename + youd also save the shard for later use bringing it back many times. So the Dirk Bialluch script is exactly the same mechanism as the one built into maya, the file goes to your temp folder.

Also if you work within the same document you chould never use ctrl-c +ctrl-v to duplicate something you should prefeer to use "ctrl+d" or "D" instead. Not only is it faster, its also cleaner, and has much nicer options to it. Its like comparing a rubberstamp to a label printer.

But yeah you can change the naming if you must, but as i described its taking the loong way around (its about 100 times slower than duplicate too by the way). The only time i use copypaste if i must migrate 2 things between different scenes or sessions. Or work with curves.

the naming is defined in ../scripts/startup/cutCopyPaste.mel

Anyway try to learn to use the big D its more usefull. like this small demo on how to make a arbitrary rotated array demonstrates, im intentionaly taking the long way to do the clenup but hey its a demonstration of what keyboard shortcuts i use mostly, so pay attention to the text in the bottom middle of the viewport as it shows all buttons i press.

ArbitraryRotatedArray.mov

Note teht my settings for ctrl+d were set to retain offset, wich is the same as pressing shift+d but in general i want to isntance stuff too so i have a bit overemphasized ctrl+d into my brain.