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Control Shape Switcher

Safely copy and swap controller shapes without breaking transforms or constraints.

Overview

Safely copy and swap controller shapes without breaking transforms or constraints.

Control Shape Switcher lets you copy a donor controller’s shapes and paste them onto selected targets while preserving rig integrity. Use Top Axis to align orientation to your rig standards, and optionally keep the donor’s color for consistent visual design across control sets.

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Features

Copy Donor Shapes

Captures the shapes of the selected donor controller into a temporary hidden storage group, ready to be applied to other controllers.

  • Select a valid controller transform that has visible shapes.
  • This only stores shapes and does not affect transforms or constraints.
Copy Donor Shapes demo

Paste Donor Shapes

Replaces shapes on selected target controllers without touching their transforms or constraints, preserving the target's visual overrides by default.

  • Works on multiple selected targets in one go.
  • Automatically restores target color/line width unless overridden by the option below.
Paste Donor Shapes demo

Top Axis Orientation

Defines the donor shape orientation (Y, -Y, X, -X, Z, -Z) so the pasted control aligns correctly with your rig conventions.

Top Axis Orientation demo

Keep Donor Color

If enabled, the pasted shapes will adopt the donor’s color/line width instead of restoring the target’s overrides.

Keep Donor Color demo
FAQ
What is Control Shape Switcher used for?

Control Shape Switcher lets you copy a donor controller’s shapes and paste them onto selected targets while preserving rig integrity. Use Top Axis to align orientation to your rig standards, and optionally keep the donor’s color for consistent visual design across control sets.

Which host application does Control Shape Switcher support?

Control Shape Switcher is built for Autodesk Maya and is distributed through AO Studio Tools.

Where can I download Control Shape Switcher?

Download the current AO Studio Tools package from https://aostudio.tools/getthetools.html and install it through AO.Hub.