Tip of the Week: Object Creation

I've already written about how I like a lot of the new features in Maya 2009. Animation Layers are awesome. Soft selection was a long time coming. And Mental Ray has a whole load of new improvements.

But not everything's so hot. There are some things that have been going on in the past few versions that are more annoying than helpful. The one that bugs me the most is the "interactive creation" tool that comes up when you try to create a poly primitive. It's a matter of personal preference obviously, but it drives me crazy when I'm trying to work. I'm sure that plenty of people think the opposite and love it. But if you're like me, don't worry, there's a way to turn it off.

Go to Create > Polygon Primitives and uncheck "Interactive Creation."



Now when you click on the shelf buttons or in the marking menu or however else you create polygons, it will do it the old fashioned way. The same fix works for NURBS primitives, but you have to do it separately in the NURBS menu.



Please Autodesk, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.