I was working in max and i must have it something. Now all i have is the cursor and cannot move in certain directions on axises or on the other scale and rotate tools. looks like i must have turned off some kind of axis or something.

I am working on the tutorial file in max. The low-poly-character on the eyes. now i cannot move the vertexes where i need to to continue.

Any help would be verry much appriciated.

Thanks,
BombChickaWahWah

press “X” button on the keyboard.

http://www.stigatle.net

or (since this is a maxScript forum) type:

into the listener and press enter.

--
James Kelly
fo co mo so

Sounds more like Axis Constraints than a missing gizmo.

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

I’m having it to… pressing “x” don’t work - the xyz axis is simple replaced by this “icon” that shows you’re holding something - some other forum said pressing “tab-x” works but that was version 5 or so of Max, doesn’t work anymore in version 2010 here.. really stupid cause neither reloading the scene nor UI works

anyone..

Intel 7 - 2.8Ghz
NVidia Quadro 4000 2Gb GDDR5
8Gb RAM
3D Studio Max Design 2012 x64

http://boomerang-productions.blogspot.com/

Views (menu) | Show Transform Gizmos

This is totally the wrong forum for this question - if you tell us which version of max you’re using I’ll move it to a more appropriate one.

Tip. Put you Max version, and brief system specs, in your sig, then we don’t have to keep asking.

[edit]
Mind you, seeing as this thread is almost 2 years old I’m guessing that won’t happen anytime soon…

Nice bump Boomer :P

If you’ve still got a problem I would start a new thread in the Max 2010 forum. And include a screenshot if you can please.
[/edit]

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

No I tried reloading the UI panel (every aspect: shortcuts, images, etc) - restaring max, restarting the computer, loading the standard UI from max (mental ray) - the show tranform gizmo is when u press X - i know this

This change of icon is another kind - a very irritating one - your x and y axis are combined in one so when I front or side view the XY are active and you can’t pick either one, in the perspective view you then have the xy move according to the last 2D view you were in and the rotate & scale ability are gone - you can only move by cursor now

what this does is kind of obligate one to use the pop up window and scale - rotate - move with that

I tried about anything but no luck finding anything it happened when I was using my keyboard’s shortcuts - my fingers kind of fly on it all the time I must have pressed the wrong keys this time and I couldn’t relocate which buttons I pushed to redo the action

and old thread via google said “tab-x” does this however that was an old version so I guess i’m shit out of luck cause it doesn’t work in max 2010 + no one else has experienced this before O_o must have been some secret shortcut lol

Reinstalling Max now - bummer

Intel 7 - 2.8Ghz
NVidia Quadro 4000 2Gb GDDR5
8Gb RAM
3D Studio Max Design 2012 x64

http://boomerang-productions.blogspot.com/

reinstalling don’t work LOL - hang on I’ll try and post an image as soon as possible - got a new error 41 “licence checkout failed” - grrr

Intel 7 - 2.8Ghz
NVidia Quadro 4000 2Gb GDDR5
8Gb RAM
3D Studio Max Design 2012 x64

http://boomerang-productions.blogspot.com/

Steve, you truly saved my day - it’s the one from views menu - show transform gizmo..

I was seriously losing it - thank you so much

Intel 7 - 2.8Ghz
NVidia Quadro 4000 2Gb GDDR5
8Gb RAM
3D Studio Max Design 2012 x64

http://boomerang-productions.blogspot.com/

Glad it fixed it. :)

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.