Hi everyone, I am currently developing custom interface tools for Maya, and I’ve just finished a free‑hand curve‑drawing plug‑in that fully respects Live Surface . Existing curve‑drawing tools only work on a flat xz plane, so I built my own.
Thanks in advance for any pointers or resources!
Perspective View Drawing – When Live Surface is off, the curve is drawn on the virtual plane that lies at the viewport camera’s center‑of‑interest.
- Live Surface Mode – With Live Surface enabled, points are projected onto the active polygon surface; any stroke that falls outside that surface is discarded.
- Live Surface + Ctrl Mode – Holding Ctrl while drawing snaps the stroke (shown in red) to the back sides of Live Surface objects, letting me sketch on hidden areas.
- Shift + Middle‑Click – Middle‑click (wheel‑click) normally drops a control point at the cursor. When you hold Shift, the live drawing stream pauses, so you can Shift‑middle‑click to place individual points exactly where you want to put them.
Here’s Demo
It’s my first time to upload my work in community. I am a student, I’m looking to create a LinkedIn account and a portfolio, but I’m completely lost on how to get started. Could anyone give me any advice at all?
