animation tool
Snap Tool
Snap Tool by AnimStarter (AS_Snap) is a one-click magnet for Maya. Select a target, then any number of children, hit the button, and they all snap to the target's position and rotation in 3D space: no constraints, no menus, no setup. Built by a senior 3D animator who has used it every day on feature film work for years. For anyone who wants a quicker Maya snap mid-blocking.
£1.99one-time, perpetual licence
- 30 Jul 2026
- Last updated
- 5 May 2026
- Released
- Works with
- Autodesk Maya
- Licence
- Perpetual
- File size
- 196.4 KB
- Install
- Drag-and-drop MEL
- Lives in
- AnimStarter shelf
Maya
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What it does
Why snapping in Maya slows your blocking down
The problem
Aligning objects natively is clunky
Constraints, snap to point, parent then unparent: all of it stops you mid-blocking. AS_Snap lands a control exactly on top of another in one click.
The problem
One object at a time
Select the target first, then as many children as you like, and every one of them snaps to the same position and rotation together.
The problem
Setup you have to clean up after
No constraints are left behind and nothing needs setting up first, so your scene stays clean. Just select and click.
Inside the tool
Inside AS_Snap
This is not a script thrown together over a weekend. It was built by a senior 3D animator who has used it daily on feature film work for years, and it behaves the way you expect a snap tool to. Small wins like these add up across a day of animating.
SNAP
Position and rotation in one click
Children snap to the target's position and rotation in 3D space.
SELECTION
Target first, then any number of children
Snap one object or a whole selection in the same click.
BLOCKING
Plant a hand on a prop
Put a hand exactly where the prop is while blocking a shot.
RIGS
Line up IK controls and pivots
Line up an IK control, or match pivots between rigs.
Getting set up
Installed in under a minute
- 1
Drop the installer into Maya
Drag INSTALL_AS_Snap.mel into the Maya viewport, the same drag-and-drop setup AnimStarter uses across its shelf.
- 2
Restart Maya
Close and reopen Maya so the new tool loads.
- 3
Find the AnimStarter shelf
AS_Snap sits on an AnimStarter shelf, ready to use.
Will it run for you
Compatibility
- Host
- Autodesk Maya
- Install method
- Drag-and-drop INSTALL_AS_Snap.mel
- Shelf
- AnimStarter
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