mhGraphEditor
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This graph editor has been designed to enhance your animation workflow, particularly when dealing with animation curves. While certain commands already existed in the drop-down menus, I've integrated them into buttons for easier access, saving you the trouble of searching through the menus. Additionally, I've incorporated some valuable tools from Softimage (XSI) that I personally found extremely useful, as they significantly expedited my workflow.
** Maya 2024 comes with the following built-in tools; however, these can still be valuable for quicker access or potentially offer additional features that Maya's native functions do not provide.
Buttons
Align Time
Adjusts selected keys to align with the time.
Align Value
Aligns all selected keys to a single value.
Copy and Paste Keys
With a single click, this action duplicates and pastes the selected keys, aligning the first copied key precisely at the current frame, and positioning all pasted keys behind it.
Curve Infinity
Toggles infinity view on the GraphEditor.
Curve Constant
Switches the pre and post-infinity curves to constant.
Curve Cycle
Switches the pre and post-infinity curves to cycle.
Curve Cycle Offset
Switches the pre and post-infinity curves to cycle offset.
Curve Linear
Switches the pre and post-infinity curves to linear.
Delete Animation
Deletes all animation on selected objects.
Delete Key
Deletes all selected keys or if none are selected the key on the current frame.
** Delete Redundant
Delete all keys that do not affect the curve shape.
Delete Static Curves
Delete all anim curves that may have keys but do nothing. Maya commands as a button.
Euler Filter
Applies Maya Euler Filter on curves.
Find Curve
With curve(s) selected it will isolate just the selected curve(s). If no keys are selected, then every curve is shown.
Find Object
With curve(s) selected, it will first isolate all the curve(s) on the object (selecting only the objects that have the selected curves).
Find Smart
With curve(s) selected, it will first isolate all the curve(s) on the object (selecting only the objects that have the selected curves). If the object(s) is already isolated, running the tool again will isolate just the selected curve(s). If nothing is selected, then every curve is shown.
** Float Keys Delete
Searches the selected object for float keys (keys with decimal points) and deletes those keys.
Float Keys Find
Searches selected objects for float keys (keys with decimal points) and selects those keys.
Float Keys Smart Snap
Searches selected objects for float keys (keys with decimal points) and keys for the next and previous keys, which preserves the curve and deletes that float key.
Match Time Keys
Shifts selected keys to align with the current time position, with the first key at the current time and the rest following suit.
Match Value Keys
Adjusts the values of selected keys to match the value of the first selected key, following the changes to subsequent keys.
Mirror Keys
Flips the selected keys with the user settings to be used as the pivot point.
Move Keys
Move selected keys left or right.
Move Value
Move selected keys up or down.
Swap Keys
Swaps the positions of two selected keys with each other.
** Tangent Left or Right Angle
Adjust the Tangent Angle by the amount in the field. Press Enter on 'Number Pad' to apply to the selected key. Also can use the orange arrows to adjust the tangent by increments of 1.
** Tangent Left or Right Length
Adjust Tangent Length by amount in the field. Press Enter on 'Number Pad' to apply to the selected key. Also can use the orange arrows to adjust the tangent by increments of 0.5.
Tangent Weighted
Turns tangents to weighted.
Tangent Zero
Makes the tangent length and angle 0.
HOTKEY
To add a command as a hotkey, Left-Click the mhGraphEditor text on the toolbar. This will open a menu. Then select the About mhGraphEditor option. This will open up a window that you can then press the hotkey button and it will add it to Maya and open up Maya's Hotkey editor. Setup hotkeys as you normally would do in Maya.
TROUBLESHOOT
If you have the error "Unrecognized File Type", you need to update your Maya. Maya 2017 doesn't support drag & drop
You will have to manually move the mhGraphEditor folder into the maya/scripts folder.
After you have added the files to the maya/scripts you can add this code to the Maya scriptEditor in a Python tab and it will open the tool window.
from mhGraphEditor import launcher
launcher.open()Missing Files
When installing more than one of the mhAnimTools at a time you might get an error saying Missing Files. You will need to restart Maya and install the tool that was not working.