How to Create a Mesh Snap Via Maya’s Transfer Attributes Node

Daniil Tchislov shows off a method to create a live mesh snap using connections to the Transfer Attributes Node in the Node Editor.

If you are looking to create live object snap in Maya, there are a few ways that you can approach that task. Demonstrating a unique way to create a surface slide, is Daniil Tchislov who uses Maya’s transfer attributes node.

Tchislov shows how to make the connections in Maya’s Node Editor in the video. When complete, you can slide one object around the surface of another like it was no big deal. Is this the perfect mesh snap?