Maya Beginner Basics: Snap Tool and Pivots The following is a 10-Part series on Maya Beginner Basics. The tutorials are set up in-specific  to game environment modeling. When exporting your objects to game engines it is extremely important to be able to modify pivot  points, snap to grid and keep your objects aligned and grid friendly. In this tutorial we cover how to  snap to grid, hotkeys for snapping and how to modify pivots. Tutorial covers: Snap To Grid Hotkeys for Snapping Modifying Pivots Maya Beginner Basics: Snap Tool and Pivots TOOLBAR SNAP OPTIONS You can access many snap options on your toolbar. SNAP HOTKEYS Using hotkeys to access is a better way to use snap options, rather then coming up to the toolbar. X = snap to grid C = snap to points MODIFY PIVOT To modify objects pivot points you will need to press the Insert key to cycle between on/off pivot  point modification. Insert = on/off pivots