Is it possible to automaticly set Houdini to use a keyboard shortcut like 3DMax? For example, Q = Select, W = Move, etc. Like MOST 3D application shortcut key layouts are designed?
Or must I manually reassign these keys?
symek
Dec. 2, 2007 06:35:29
I don't think there is any way to assign preset's shortcuts in Houdini (other than replacing all hotkeys files in $HFS/config/HotKeys directory).
But I've heard that Max is going to provide Houdini's preset instead. So you can practise while working with Max
sy.
kuba
Dec. 2, 2007 08:57:55
Hey Teriander, think the other way round set max's shortcuts to match houdini's I've been working like that for the last 2 years. I still have Q for selections, W for wireframe toggle (which is very handy while editing heavy geometry), E,R,T for scale, rotate, transform. Works like a charm for me, but of course this is a personal issue.
kuba
andrewlowell
Dec. 5, 2007 00:32:02
I've tried this and was marginally sucessful. The spacebar thing is a huge pain to do it in max because it can do keyboard combinations in the shortcuts. Houdini 9's middle mouse stuff is now pretty much identical to max's I think.
I think the 3D community should just come up with a open-source key-board shortcut format that all the apps could implement.
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