GS Toolbox v1.1 - Maya Modeling Plug-in. Interactive Creasing/Beveling, Fast Instancing and more.  

GS TOOLBOX v1.1

FULL TUTORIAL FOR V1.1:

VIDEO OVERVIEW for V1.0:

GS Toolbox is a collection of tools created to fill some of the gaps in Autodesk Maya modeling tools and provide quick access to some of the existing tools.

GS Toolbox is mainly focused on hard surface modeling, however some of the features can be easily and effectively used in all types of workflows.

GS Toolbox has interactive UI that reacts to certain commands and prompts user for action.

Online Documentation: LINK

Some of the features include:

• Full support of High DPI resolutions (from 1080p to 4k+)
• Quick and easy Grouping of Objects and Components using 20 interactive Group Slots. Grouped objects and components can then be easily selected, hidden or made unselectable in viewport with one click.
• Fast Angle Based Edge Selection, Creasing and Beveling with interactive viewport highlight and quick selection of subdivision depth and crease amounts.
• Linear and Radial Arrays. Procedural and editable.
• Quad Fill. Fill holes with Quads. Supports curved surfaces.
• Convert Creases to Bevels
• Dot Select Components
• Quick Transform and Selection Constraints
• One click Mirror, Flip, Instance with Mirror and Delete by Symmetry
• One click Instance Copy with/without Offset and Special Instance+ option with Boolean support
• Store Vert Edits and quickly Delete Construction History Nodes
• Store Snapshots to preserve construction history before its deletion
• Snap to Polygon /w Instance function to snap any object to selected polygon with one click.
• Straighten selected edges or smoothly Interpolate them (multi selection compatible)
• Clean Combine, Separate, Duplicate and Extract functions. No more unnecessary groups in Outliner
• Fast Interactive Boolean with Object Editing and Delete Cutter options.
• Quick Construction Plane snapped to polygon
• 12 Fast Material Slots with Presets and MatCap options …

INSTALLATION:

1. Unpack gs_toolbox.zip and copygs_toolbox folder to {PathToDocuments}\Documents\Maya\{MayaVersion}\scripts\
   • Example of the final folder structure:
        Documents\Maya\2019\scripts\gs_toolbox\{Other Files}
2. Run Maya
3. In "Python" command line, run this command:
   import gs_toolbox.init as tb_init;from imp import reload;reload(tb_init);tb_init.Init();

DISCORD SUPPORT SERVER:

Discord Server

COMPATIBILITY:

• MAYA LT is NOT supported.
• Tested on Maya 2017-2022 for Windows
• Tested on Maya 2017-2022 for Mac (Beta Support)
• Linux and Maya LT are currently not supported.

UPDATE PRICE:

All future updates are free!

Version 1.1.4

New Features:

• Added a Shift modifier for “Apply Boolean” button to keep the boolean group hidden after “Apply” button is pressed
  • Holding Shift will now result in an old behavior - deletion of the boolean group
  • Normal click will now result in a boolean group hidden, but not deleted
• Added an option in the options menu to store applied boolean groups in a separate group called “GS_AppliedBooleans”

Improvements:

• Added additional hotkeys for some Shift modified commands
• Modifier and Marking menu icons visuals were improved

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed position resetting of the main window after Maya is reloaded
• Bevel Plus will now work correctly on instanced objects
• Shift can now be used when setting custom hotkeys
• Some minor typos and code fixes