[Maya-Python] (Maya Python) Is there a way to run a command from a menuItem inside a objectMenu

2022-12-20 Thread Kat Patterson
I am in need of some help, not sure how active this forum is anymore. I am looking to see if there is any way to make a optionMenu run a command for each option in the drop down menu? I am pretty new to maya python so I do not know very much, but google is less helpful than finding everything

Re: [Maya-Python] Re: (Maya Python) Is there a way to run a command from a menuItem inside a objectMenu

2022-12-20 Thread Kat Patterson
def printNewMenuItem( item ): print item This code alone ALWAYS produces a invalid syntax on my end, so I am unable to check if that even works, or how it even works. I have looked at the documentation and am unable to find a workaround while looking at either of those documentation sites.

Re: [Maya-Python] Re: (Maya Python) Is there a way to run a command from a menuItem inside a objectMenu

2022-12-20 Thread Justin Israel
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 1:19 PM Kat Patterson wrote: > def printNewMenuItem( item ): > print item > > This code alone ALWAYS produces a invalid syntax on my end, so I am unable > to check if that even works, or how it even works. I have looked at the > documentation and am unable to find a

Re: [Maya-Python] Re: (Maya Python) Is there a way to run a command from a menuItem inside a objectMenu

2022-12-20 Thread Kat Patterson
Okay so that did help, but now I am back to how do I add it to each individual command (i posted my code, it is a menu that creates an object, and another option to duplicate that object said amount of times) and how do I add the button into the mix to make said dropdown options run On

Re: [Maya-Python] Re: (Maya Python) Is there a way to run a command from a menuItem inside a objectMenu

2022-12-20 Thread Justin Israel
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 1:42 PM Kat Patterson wrote: > Okay so that did help, but now I am back to how do I add it to each > individual command (i posted my code, it is a menu that creates an object, > and another option to duplicate that object said amount of times) and how > do I add the

Re: [Maya-Python] Re: (Maya Python) Is there a way to run a command from a menuItem inside a objectMenu

2022-12-20 Thread Justin Israel
On Wed, 21 Dec 2022, 2:24 pm Kat Patterson, wrote: > This helped greatly! Thank you so very much!! > > I do have one last question, do you know of a way to make the the changes > of the dropdown menus only run off of a press of a button? (as in i have a > 'create' button next to each dropdown

Re: [Maya-Python] Re: (Maya Python) Is there a way to run a command from a menuItem inside a objectMenu

2022-12-20 Thread Justin Israel
Hi Kat, Have a look here: https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2022/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/CommandsPython/optionMenu.html "Note that commands attached to menu items will not get called. Attach any commands via the -cc/changedCommand flag." And specifically the changeCommand:

Re: [Maya-Python] Re: (Maya Python) Is there a way to run a command from a menuItem inside a objectMenu

2022-12-20 Thread Kat Patterson
This helped greatly! Thank you so very much!! I do have one last question, do you know of a way to make the the changes of the dropdown menus only run off of a press of a button? (as in i have a 'create' button next to each dropdown menu). As in if i change the option to 'sphere' it doesnt

[Maya-Python] Re: (Maya Python) Is there a way to run a command from a menuItem inside a objectMenu

2022-12-20 Thread Kat Patterson
https://pastebin.com/SfLxjFmG On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 5:09:19 PM UTC-7 Kat Patterson wrote: > I am in need of some help, not sure how active this forum is anymore. > > I am looking to see if there is any way to make a optionMenu run a command > for each option in the drop down menu? I