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Use the Move tool

Use the Move tool - Maya Tutorial

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Use the Move tool

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- [Instructor] Now let's start manipulating objects. We're going to work with the Move Tool first. Now the Move Tool can be found here in the toolbox, but before we go any further, I want to explain some important hotkeys for Maya. Now these are in the top left-hand corner of the keyboard. They are Q, W, E, and R. Now when you press them, Q selects the Selection Tool, which we've seen before. W selects Move, E selects Rotate, and R selects Scale. So, if you learn to position your hand up on that top left corner of the keyboard you can do Q, W, E, and R very, very quickly, and it's a great way to work in Maya. It really allows you to move very quickly between Move, Rotate, Scale, and Select. Now, we're going to look at Move, so I'm going to hit W to go into the Move tool, and when we do we can select an object, just like we select using the Select tool. So I can just left-click on any object in the scene, and it will select. Now when we select an object, this little icon comes up, and…

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