Rotation Select Axis

Handy little tool to select individual rotation axis handle quicker. Good also for when manipulator gets in the way of select correct axis, and when in gimbal lock.

Rotation Select Axis from Luiz Philippe Moreira on Vimeo.

Its a short one, so just quicker to copy and paste :)

Here's the code

import maya.cmds as cmds
from functools import partial

def rotateContext(axis, *args):
 cmds.manipRotateContext( 'Rotate', e=True, ah=axis)
 
if cmds.window("rotateContextUI", exists=True):
 cmds.deleteUI("rotateContextUI")
 
win = cmds.window("rotateContextUI", title="Rotate Axis UI", w=150, sizeable=False)
cmds.rowColumnLayout(nc=3, columnAttach=[(1,"both", 2), (3, "both", 2)])

cmds.button("X", w=30, bgc=[1,0,0], c=partial(rotateContext, 0))
cmds.button("Y", w=30, bgc=[0,1,0], c=partial(rotateContext, 1))
cmds.button("Z", w=30, bgc=[0,0,1], c=partial(rotateContext, 2))

cmds.showWindow(win)