Can you set a hotkey to switch between Local and World coordinates? (solved, ty)

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• Richard Haseltine Posts: 111,411

  September 10 edited September 10

  Save this as a script, make it into a custom action, and then in Window>Workspace>Customise right-click on it on the left, under Custom, and assign a keyboard shortcut. It toggles between local and world only, any other coordinate systems are not changed.

  It works in DS 4 (as long as it is new enough to have the options, tested in 4.24) and DS 6

  // DAZ Studio version 4.24.0.4 filetype DAZ Script
  // Toggle Coordinate System
  // (c) Richard Haseltine, 2026
  
  // Switches the coordinate system used by a transform tool between Local and World
  // Does nothing is other systems active, or other tools active
  
  function toggleCoords () {
  	// Get the Viewport Manager
  	var oVPMgr = MainWindow.getViewportMgr();
  	if ( ! oVPMgr ) {
  		return;
  	}
  	
  	// From the Viewport Manager get the active tool
  	var oActTool = oVPMgr.getActiveTool();
  	if ( ! oActTool ) {
  		return;
  	}
  	
  	// Check that it is a node posing tool
  	if ( ! oActTool.inherits( "DzTransformTool" ) ) {
  		return;
  	}
  	
  	// Get the coordinate system in use
  	var oCS = oActTool.getCoordinateSpace();
  	
  	// We are interested only in World or Local
  	if ( oCS != DzUniversalTool.WorldSpace && oCS != DzUniversalTool.LocalSpace ) {
  		return;
  	}
  	
  	print ( "Got here" );
  	
  	// toogle the coordinate system
  	if ( oCS == DzUniversalTool.WorldSpace ) {
  		oActTool.setCoordinateSpace ( DzUniversalTool.LocalSpace )
  	}
  	else {
  		oActTool.setCoordinateSpace ( DzUniversalTool.WorldSpace )
  	}
  }
  
  toggleCoords();
  

  Post edited by Richard Haseltine on September 10
• SnowSultan Posts: 3,837

  September 10

  Thank you very much, but how do I save this as a script?
• Richard Haseltine Posts: 111,411

  September 10

  Copy it and paste it into Window>Panes(Tabs)>ScriptIDE and use its own file menu, or just paste it into a text editor (Notepad will do if you don't have anything better) and when you save it choose the all formats option and add .dsa at the end (you don't want it to add its own .txt extension).
• SnowSultan Posts: 3,837

  1:51AM

  Thank you, it works great! I didn't realize it was for the Universal Tool at first, but it seems to be fine. Much appreciated.   :)