Shift drag to add a new instance of a mesh

[peterp-swe]

Hi,

One of our artist is looking for a tool that exists in MAX, that we would like to add as a MEL script or an API plugin to Maya.

If you select a mesh, hold down shift and drag with the left mouse button a new instance / copy is created.

Does anyone know of a script or a plugin to Maya that will do this? Or have any idea of how to write a script that does that?

Thanks,
Peter

[bentneuron]

There are quite a few things that MAX can do better than Maya in the polygonal modeling department, and this is one of those things. You may want to look into scriptJob, which might have an environment action like "on mouse down" or something, and then query to see what's selected, then duplicate it and enter "move" mode, etc.

[joojaa]

Actualy you would want to modify the move rotate and scale contexts to see if the shift is pressed if so then copy the objects and continue the move! Or if you want exactly the same tool store the current object and then ad the querry. Note that you should make this also work in component mode or you can get realy screwed up.

But i myself find this a bit awkward tool in max its not thet much different form hitting cntrl+d before you move. but i guess thats all up to personal preferebce!