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Maya Tool - Align to XY / YZ / XZ Plane #171

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david-cattermole opened this issue Oct 30, 2020 · 0 comments
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Maya Tool - Align to XY / YZ / XZ Plane #171

david-cattermole opened this issue Oct 30, 2020 · 0 comments
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enhancement maya tool A user tool inside Maya.
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A tool in Maya to use 3 or more vertices or locators to transform an object.

This tool might use similar maths to this (released under "the Unlicense"):
https://github.com/zalo/MathUtilities#least-squares-lineplane-fitting-pic
https://github.com/zalo/MathUtilities/blob/master/Assets/LeastSquares/LeastSquaresFitting.cs#L24

Usage Steps

  1. Load a photogrammetry scan mesh without any orientation.
  2. Select 3 or more vertices on a flat plane in the mesh
  3. Select the scan mesh last.
  4. Run "align to XZ plane"
    • The scan mesh will be moved so that the vertices selected are aligned along the XZ plane.
@david-cattermole david-cattermole added enhancement maya tool A user tool inside Maya. labels Oct 30, 2020
@david-cattermole david-cattermole added this to the v0.5.0 milestone Oct 30, 2020
@david-cattermole david-cattermole self-assigned this Oct 30, 2020
@david-cattermole david-cattermole modified the milestones: v0.5.0, v0.6.0 Sep 24, 2023
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