Keywords: Maya, Display, Viewport, Grid, Pivot, Layer

Maya Display series of articles:

Grid

Display -> Grid Settings

Tweak grid size.

Reset Grid Settings.

Pivot (Transform Axis)

Q: How to display / hide pivot?
A: Show -> Viewport -> Manipulator.

Q: How to scale the arrow of pivot?

  • Numpad +: makes arrow bigger.
  • Numpad -: makes arrow smaller.

It also works for Rotate and Scale Tool.

Show mesh triangle count

Display -> Heads Up Display -> Poly Count

Layers

Create layer from selected:

Then you can toggle the visibility of layers:

You can also switch the Display Type to R (Reference) to disable the selection of current layer.

It’s very useful when imported an asset into Maya as reference.

Floating Menus

If there’s a stud on the top of mean, you can click it to pin the menu on the viewport.

Then you can click the menu directly from viewport.

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