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ConstraintFinder
AS_ConstraintFinder by AnimStarter is a constraint manager for Maya. Select any object or group, hit refresh, and every constraint on it is listed in one panel. Select the driver in one click, delete constraints one by one or all at once, and inspect referenced rigs without the risk of deleting their constraints. Built by an animator with over 15 years in the industry, for the moment you inherit someone else's scene.
£4.99one-time, perpetual licence
- 30 Jul 2026
- Last updated
- 5 May 2026
- Released
- Works with
- Autodesk Maya
- Licence
- Perpetual
- File size
- 200.4 KB
- Install
- Drag and drop MEL, AnimStarter shelf
Maya
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What it does
Three constraint headaches ConstraintFinder takes off your plate
The problem
Twenty minutes to find what drives a control
No more digging through the outliner, the channel box and the connection editor. Select the object or group, hit refresh, and every constraint on it is listed.
The problem
Guessing which object is the driver
Click Select Driver and the parent or target object doing the controlling is selected straight away.
The problem
Deleting something that belongs to a reference
The script detects constraints on referenced nodes and locks them from accidental deletion, while still letting you inspect them.
Inside the tool
Every constraint, one clean view
A lightweight UI that pops up when you need it and stays out of your way the rest of the time. AnimStarter built it for real production scenes, where you are debugging a rig before blocking, cleaning up a vendor scene or working out what a previous animator left behind.
LIST
Constraint list
Every constraint on the selected objects, in an organised panel.
SELECTION
Works on groups
Select one object or a whole group of objects, then refresh.
DRIVER
Select Driver
Highlights the parent or target object that is doing the controlling.
REFERENCES
Referenced rig safety
Constraints on referenced nodes are locked from deletion but stay inspectable.
CLEANUP
Delete one by one
Remove individual constraints from the list.
GLOBAL
Select all or delete all
Select every listed constraint at once, or wipe them in one action when you need a clean slate.
Getting set up
Installed in three steps
- 1
Drop the installer into Maya
Drag INSTALL_AS_ConstraintFinder.mel into the Maya viewport.
- 2
Restart Maya
Close and reopen Maya so the shelf loads.
- 3
Open it from the AnimStarter shelf
AS_ConstraintFinder lives on the AnimStarter shelf, ready to go.
Will it run for you
Compatibility
- Software
- Autodesk Maya
- Install method
- INSTALL_AS_ConstraintFinder.mel, drag and drop
- Where it lives
- AnimStarter shelf
- Referenced rigs
- Supported, locked from deletion
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Supported
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