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.

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();

COMPATIBILITY:

• MAYA LT is NOT supported.
• Tested on Maya 2018-2025 for Windows
• Tested on Maya 2018-2025 for Mac (Beta Support)
• Linux and Maya LT are currently not supported.
• Maya 2017 should work, but it will have no support or bug fixes

UPDATE PRICE:

All future updates are free!

Version 1.1.9

HOW TO UPDATE (IMPORTANT):

1. Close Maya and delete the old gs_toolbox folder (backup the custom materials (presets) folder if needed)
2. Download and paste the new gs_toolbox folder to "Documents / maya / {your maya version} / scripts"
3. Paste the custom materials (presets) back (if you had them before).
4. Open Maya and run the init command found in the readme.txt

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed multiple hotkeys:
  • UnCrease Plus
  • Selection: By Angle
  • Selection: Border
  • Selection: NGons
  • Selection: Hard Edges
• Other small fixes.

TECHNICAL:

• Decoupled the plug-in from the “version/scripts” folder for easier use of modules in studio environment. The only “hardcoded” path now is the “log.log” file path. It will be created in the same folder as before “version/scripts/gs_toolbox/log.log” for each user.