These controls are designed to complement the interactive manipulators and provide a collection of more precise modeling tools. Where the manipulators rely on the users dexterity with a mouse to perform small adjustments, the PMC provides a simple interface which allows small adjustments to be made quickly and accurately.

There are two basic PMCs that perform generic transformations:

There is one advanced PMC that performs custom transformations:

  • Translate a specific distance in a specific direction
  • Translate to a point
  • Rotate about a custom axis and point