Maya selection behavior vs Softimage?

[fuad4s]

Hi,

This is not a Maya vs Softimage thread, I only ask help from users of both SI & Maya.
Recently I'm using Maya and I noticed that the object selection behavior is very different than Softimage, I don't mean shortcuts, it's very easy to select another joint or object when you are trying to move or rotate an already selected one, also for example if you have rotation tool active and you go and click on a joint it is very common to rotate it immediately or even flip it? hopefully I cleared my point.
Now is it just me or is there something I should modify in Maya?

Thanks!

[McNistor]

Yeah, welcome (or should I say welgone ) to Maya! Enjoy the infinite number of little annoying things.

p.s. The selection is screwed-up like that, don't know what you're experiencing with rotations and I can't check it out.

[gustavoeb]

Something I find quite annoying is that tied to this very issue you described the element selection is not persistent. Its easy to accidentaly lose a very complicated element selection.

[fuad4s]

Something I find quite annoying is that tied to this very issue you described the element selection is not persistent. Its easy to accidentaly lose a very complicated element selection.

Exactly, I guess there is no fix then?

[csaez]

Selection masks, there should be a marking menu but I can't remember the shortcut... maybe something like Q+RMB?

[fuad4s]

Selection masks, there should be a marking menu but I can't remember the shortcut... maybe something like Q+RMB?

Thanks Csaez, I will look into that.
Cheers!

[ctedin]

Wow, you hit the nail precisely on the head (something that's darn near impossible with Maya). Selection of any object or component is so excruciatingly difficult with Maya, it's surprising that anyone still bothers to use that dog of a program. It is, however, very easy to lose your selections in the blink of an eye. Hate to bring up a competitor, but the only program that comes close to Softimage for almost reading your mind is Houdini. Amazing that it allows you to do the simple task of selecting other objects that are within the move or rotate gizmos, without requiring you to deselect or switch to the select tool...