When selecting components, I am not a fan of holding right-click and then selecting mode, which is very slow. Also not a fan of pressing F8~F12, because you need to look down at the keyboard. I used to have a hotkey ( I used "q" as my hotkey) toggle between different component modes, but it was a bit buggy, I finally had enough and decided to fix/improve it. Here is some improvement. When it is in object mode, it disables smooth preview in the viewport (selecting in maya is very slow under smooth preview). In viewport it cycles: point - edge - face In UV editor : UV - edge - face Here is the code if anyone is interested. the best way is to assign it to a hotkey, and then just press that hotkey to cycle through different modes. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// displaySmoothness -divisionsU 0 -divisionsV 0 -pointsWire 4 -pointsShaded 1 -polygonObject 1; int $objMode = `selectMode -q -o`; int $f9 = `selectType -q -pv`; int $f10 = `selectType -q -pe`; int $f11 = `selectType -q -pf`; int $f12 = `selectType -q -puv`; setSelectMode components Components; string $getPanel = `getPanel -wf`; if ($objMode == 1){ if ($getPanel == "polyTexturePlacementPanel1"){ selectType -pv 0 -pe 0 -pf 0 -puv 1; } else{ selectType -pv 1 -pe 0 -pf 0 -puv 0; } } else{ if ($getPanel == "polyTexturePlacementPanel1"){ if ($f12 == 1){ selectType -pv 0 -pe 1 -pf 0 -puv 0;} else if ($f10 == 1){selectType -pv 0 -pe 0 -pf 1 -puv 0;} else if ($f11 == 1){selectType -pv 0 -pe 0 -pf 0 -puv 1;} else { selectType -pv 0 -pe 0 -pf 0 -puv 1;} } else{ if ($f9 == 1){ selectType -pv 0 -pe 1 -pf 0 -puv 0;} else if ($f10 == 1){ selectType -pv 0 -pe 0 -pf 1 -puv 0;} else if ($f11 == 1){ selectType -pv 1 -pe 0 -pf 0 -puv 0;} else { selectType -pv 1 -pe 0 -pf 0 -puv 0;} } } select -cl; //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQR_PCStT28

making good topology for a model is very important, I am probably done this over 100k times in my career. Fixing corner topology is very dull, why not have a few buttons to make my life easier. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVExOzoD008

Maya Poly Tool R&D - Edge Inflate continues the idea from last video, inflate edge loops into semi circle, added hotkey to quickly rotate the angle, also added shape blend so it can be mix with original shape. work for multi edge loops, but performance will reduce. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ozWa-KCaY

testing some idea about push edge loop into semi circle with control for curvature. The different between this to arcDeformer, It create perfect semi circle without no extra curve. easy to adjust curvature by click and drag mouse button. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdekAbwPRS0