by lbrooks·Workflow
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Pivot & Align Tools earns its place in the scriptspot library by pulling a range of alignment, pivot and snapping macros into one quad menu, with recent versions extending support to the 3ds Max 2025 menu system.
Pivot & Align Tools (PAT) is a collection of macros for 3ds Max, gathered into a quad menu that covers object alignment, pivot alignment and object snapping functions. Most of these functions can operate on a selection of multiple objects at once, and grouped objects (open or closed) can be part of that selection.
Version 2.4 added several functions. Pivot Align To Polygon aligns the selected object's pivot to the center of a single polygon selection and orients it to the surface normal. Clone To Surface creates instances of the selected object onto a picked surface with each mouse click, with optional dragging through the options menu. Drag On Surface tags a selection of objects as draggable, using each object's negative local Z-axis to find a surface intersection point and continuously snap to its surface normal, with the quad menu toggle showing a tick to indicate status.
The quad menu, listed as LBTools - PAT Quad under the Quads tab in Customize, works with the new menu system in 3ds Max 2025 and above while still supporting earlier versions. Assign a hotkey to access it.
Pivot & Align Tools is best for 3ds Max artists who need alignment, pivot alignment and snapping functions that can act on multiple objects, including grouped selections, from a single quad menu.
Pivot & Align Tools is completely free to download and use.
Pivot & Align Tools supports 3ds Max versions 2019 through 2025. As of version 2.5, the quad menu works with the new menu system introduced in 3ds Max 2025 and above, which replaced the old one, and previous versions of Max are still supported. The script handles the quad setup for both cases, so you can use it across the supported range without manual reconfiguration for the newer menu system.
Pivot & Align Tools adds a menu called "LBTools - PAT Quad", which you can find under the Quads tab in Customize. Assign a hotkey to access it. An online guide is referenced in the developer's links for further setup detail. The Drag On Surface function also exposes a toggle in the quad menu that displays a tick to indicate whether it is active.
Pivot & Align Tools is built so that most of its functions can operate on a selection of multiple objects at once. Grouped objects can be part of that selection as well, whether the group is open or closed. This applies across its alignment, pivot alignment and snapping functions, so you are not limited to processing objects one at a time when working through the quad menu.
Pivot & Align Tools is listed as free in this catalog. For current licensing terms and to download the script, check the developer's page on scriptspot, where the plugin is published by lbrooks. That page is also where the online guide and any updates are made available, so it is the best reference for confirming the latest terms before you install.
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