Documentation topics

LookDev — Production

Build and maintain a turntable rig for selected Maya objects, with optional camera framing and automatic playback.

Manage TT Cameras

The dialog distinguishes tagged and legacy turntable cameras. All entries start selected; Select None clears the selection. Delete Selected removes checked cameras from the Maya scene, so review the selection before confirming. Cancel leaves them unchanged.

Turntable and camera setup

Turntable animation

Duration: Frames per 360-degree rotation; 120 by default. Higher values produce a slower turn.
Axis: X, Y, or Z: Rotation axis for the selected objects. Y is the default upright axis.
Auto Play: Starts Maya timeline playback after Create Rig builds the turntable. Turn it off if you want to inspect the new rig before playing it.
Simple / Advanced: Simple: Duration controls rotation timing.
Advanced: adds a Speed slider linked to Duration. Both use the same rig.
Speed: Available in Advanced mode. Drag toward Fast for fewer frames per turn or toward Slow for more. It updates Duration, so the two controls stay linked.

Presentation camera

Auto Camera: Creates a dedicated presentation camera with the rig and updates its position when the rig changes. Disable it when using a separately managed camera.
Auto Fit: Calculates camera distance from the selected objects' bounds. Camera Distance is unavailable while Auto Fit is enabled.
Camera Distance: A distance multiplier based on the objects' size. Turn Auto Fit off to edit it; increase the value to move the camera farther away or decrease it for a closer framing.
Manage TT Cameras: Lists tagged and legacy turntable cameras for selective deletion. Deleted cameras are removed from the Maya scene and Outliner.

Rig controls

Live Update Rig: Applies motion-axis and camera changes to an existing turntable automatically. It does not create a missing rig; use Create Rig for the first setup.
Create Rig: Builds a turntable from the current Maya selection. If a LookDev turntable already exists, this action replaces that rig before creating the new one.
Update: Applies current animation and camera settings to the existing rig without rebuilding it.
Remove: Removes the LookDev turntable rig and restores the original object hierarchy where possible. It also removes turntable cameras; unrelated scene objects are not the target.