Sculpt Curves Tool settings

Open the Graph Editor Curve Sculpting Tools Settings by double-clicking the Last Used Tool area of the Tool Box

This topic covers the Grab, Smooth, Smear, and Key Reducer curve sculpting tool settings. For information on how to use the Curve Sculpting tools, see Sculpt curves with the Graph Editor Curve Sculpting tools.

Note: If you are looking for the mesh sculpting tools, see Sculpting in Maya or for the Sculpt deformer, see Sculpt deformer.

Adjust the Falloff Curve with the Grab, Smooth, and Smear tool settings. There is no Falloff curve for the Key Reducer .

To access these settings, with the Graph Editor Grab, Smooth, or Smear tool active, do one of the following:

• Click the Tool Settings icon in the sidebar icons on the right side of the Status line.
• Double-click the Grab , Smooth , Smear or Key Reducer tool icons in the Tool Box Last Used Tool area.
• Choose Windows > General Editors > Tool Settings. (The Grab and Smooth curve tool have the same settings)

Note: Both the Graph Editor Smooth and Smear sculpting tools do not respect value snapping.

Brush settings

Use these settings to customize your brush. Set a baseline minimum size and strength for your pen in the Stylus settings, below.

Size

Sets the radius of the tool.

Move the slider to define the radius of the brush cursor. The default setting is 15. Hotkey : Middle + drag left or right. Press Ctrl while middle-dragging to change the brush radius starting from zero.

Strength

Determines how much the tool affects the surface. Depending on the tool, this value represents either a percentage of the maximum power available or a height expressed in world space units.

Move the slider to set how the brush affects the keys. The default setting is 100, which is full power. Hotkey: Middle-drag up or down. Press Ctrl while middle-dragging to change the brush strength starting from zero

Affects Time

Note: Available only for Grab and Smear curve sculpting tools.

Activate this option to sculpt curves on both the Graph Editor Value and Time axis. The sculpt brush cursor changes to reflect whether you are in Value or Value and Time modes.

Left: Value only (default) cursor. Right: Value and Time cursor.

Grab Curve Sculpt tool with Affects Time active

Smear Curve Sculpt tool with Affects Time active

Falloff settings

Use the Falloff curve to set the amount of fade for the strength of the brush cursor. You can choose from the presets or drag the curve to reshape it. These settings are similar to the Sculpting Falloff tool, but this tool affects keys in the Graph Editor Graph view.

See Adjust Tool Falloff for information on working with Falloff curves.

Note: The Graph Editor Key Reducer Sculpting tool does not use the Falloff curve.

Stylus settings

This area lets you specify the minimum brush size and strength.

Note: On MacOS, if you undock the Graph Editor and the brush cursor disappears, close and reopen the Graph Editor to bring the cursor back.

To...	Do this:
Select keys to sculpt	Keys must be within the radius of the Sculpt tool brush when you drag, as only keys inside the brush circle are changed (unless the key or the channel is locked). Key outside the brush radius are unaffected.
Push keys up or down in the Graph View	Select the Grab tool from the Graph Editor toolbar. You can also find the Grab tool in the Graph Editor Edit > Sculpting Tools menu.
Flatten keys on a curve in the Graph View	Select the Smooth tool from the Graph Editor toolbar and drag over the curve you want to affect. You can also find the Smooth tool in the Graph Editor Edit > Sculpting Tools menu.
Spread keys on a curve in the Graph View	Select the Smear tool from the Graph Editor toolbar and drag over the curve you want to affect. You can also find the Smear tool in the Graph Editor Edit > Sculpting Tools menu.
Lessen keys on a densely-keyed curve	Select the Key Reducer tool from the Graph Editor toolbar and drag across the curve you want to reduce. You can also find the Key Reducer tool in the Graph Editor Edit > Sculpting Tools menu. Note: The Key Reducer Sculpt tool does not work on Quaternion Rotation Curves.
Resize any Sculpt tool	Middle-drag any key sculpting tool left or right to scale it.
Change the strength of the Sculpt tool	Middle-drag any key sculpting tool up or down to show a draggable strength level indicator.
Switch between tools	Press Shift to toggle between the Grab and Smooth tools Smear and Smooth tools Key Reducer and Smooth tools Note: To adjust the radius or strength for the Smooth Tool when switching between the tools, hold Shift at the same time as middle-dragging.