Re: [Maya-Python] [maya-pymel] variable error when casting python variable to mel
Thank you ! that did the trick !
2010/8/5 damon shelton damondshel...@gmail.com
mel.eval('filetest -d '+var1 + ';')
you have to put around your path in the eval statement
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Red jan@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
can anyone explain why this does not work ?
def melVarTest():
var1 = C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2011/bin/plug-ins/
result = mel.eval(string $var1Mel = `python var1`;)
print result
melVarTest()
# MelError: Error during execution of MEL script: line 1: name 'var1'
is not defined
The reason for doing this is because I want to use the mel filetest
command and this seemed to me to be the best option.
I have also tried:
mel.eval(filetest -d +var1)
But that instantly crashes maya. (fatal error)
And when writing it the pymel way it gives me a syntax error that I
can not figure out
mel.filetest(var1, d=True)
# MelError: Error during execution of MEL script: line 1: Invalid call
to filetest. Check number and types of arguments expected by the
procedure.
# Calling Procedure: filetest, in Command
# filetest(var1, d=True) #
Would anyone be so kind to help me out :)
Thanks,
Red
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Re: [Maya-Python] [Maya-Pymel] parent to world comand results in error if object is already in world.
Tank you for the explanation. Yes I do agree to leave it like it is. But it striked me as odd. A simple 'If parent is not none' check solved the problem. Thank you again for the explanation. I'm starting to understand more and more of the inner workings of pymel :) 2010/8/25 Paul Molodowitch elron...@gmail.com Well, first of all, comparing gui 'buttons' are not a direct / fair comparison to pymel commands, since they are almost always calling a mel script, which does some other stuff as well. For instance, in this case, it calls the 'Unparent' runtime command, which in turn calls scripts/others/performUnparent.mel A better comparison would be the maya.cmds.parent - which also throws an error in this situation: import maya.cmds cube = maya.cmds.polyCube()[0] maya.cmds.parent(cube, world = True) # Warning: Object, 'pCube1', skipped. It is already a child of the parent, 'world'. # # Error: Maya command error # Traceback (most recent call last): # File maya console, line 3, in module # RuntimeError: Maya command error # However... having said that, I also tried the mel command (since it seemed odd that it would throw a warning AND an error), and that did NOT error - it only gave the warning. So my guess is that there's an error in Autodesk's implementation of the python maya.cmds.parent cmd, which pymel relies on. Of course, it would be possible to make pymel behave like the mel command, and not throw an error in this situation. However, I'm not sure it's clear in which manner it SHOULD behave in this case (ie, should it emulate the behavior of the python or mel command?)... so I'd lean towards leaving it the way it is, since that won't break anyone's existing code... - Paul On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Red jan@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, If I try to unparent an object but the object is already part of the world then the following command results in an error: parent(anyObject, world = True) # Error: Maya command error # Traceback (most recent call last): # File maya console, line 1, in module # File C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\lib\site-packages \pymel\internal\pmcmds.py, line 98, in wrappedCmd # res = new_cmd(*new_args, **new_kwargs) # RuntimeError: Maya command error # However if I do the same from within maya with the unparent 'buton' only get a warning message saying: # Warning: line 0: Object, 'myObject', skipped. It is already a child of the parent, 'world'. # Is this just a bug within pymel ? Or am I missing something here? Greets Red -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
Re: [Maya-Python] Making_the_Script_Editor_spit_back_Python_code_instead_of_MEL
For pymel you can use the tools provided with it. Maya2012\Python\lib\site-packages\pymel\tools\scriptEditor Put the pymelScrollFieldReporter into the plugins dir Replace the original scriptEditorPanel.mel file inside: Maya2012\scripts\startup with the one from the pymel tools folder you need to change a few lines though in the py file to make it work with maya 2011 and 2012: add: from pymel.tools.mel2py import melparse change : mparser = mel2py.MelParser() to: mparser = melparse.MelParser() As for maya python itself there should be a simmilar way but i have not looked into it. Note though that using the pymel script editor panel slows down your code quite a lot especially when printing. and some features are disabled in the script editor!!! 2011/10/21 Sahak Sahakian loves2anim...@gmail.com Hi guys. How wold one go about making ScriptEditor spit back its history in Python? cheers -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
Re: [Maya-Python] Re: Making_the_Script_Editor_spit_back_Python_code_instead_of_MEL
oh sorry forgot to mention one thing. in the script editor goto: History - HistoryOutput - Convert mel to Python. That should do the trick. 2011/10/21 Eric Nersesian eric.nerses...@my3dti.com Hi Jan, I followed your instructions but my script editor is still spitting out MEL. I made sure that pymelScrollFieldReporter.py is both loaded and auto loaded in Maya's Plug-in Manager but its still showing MEL. When I start up Maya these warnings are shown in the Output Window: WARNING: No t_error rule is defined WARNING: Token 'COMMENT_BLOCK' defined, but not used WARNING: Token 'COMMENT' defined, but not used WARNING: There are 2 unused tokens WARNING: no p_error() function is defined WARNING: Symbol 'element_list' is unreachable Also, let me walk you through what I did to see if I followed your instructions correctly: 1. Copy Maya2012\Python\lib\site-packages\pymel\tools\scriptEditor \pymelScrollFieldReporter.py to Maya2012\bin\plug-ins 2. Replace Maya2012\scripts\startup\scriptEditorPanel.mel with Maya2012\Python\lib\site-packages\pymel\tools\scriptEditor \scriptEditorPanel.mel 3. Within Maya2012\bin\plug-ins\pymelScrollFieldReporter.py: add: from pymel.tools.mel2py import melparse change: mparser = mel2py.MelParser() to mparser = melparse.MelParser() Thanks for any help you can provide, Eric On Oct 21, 8:00 am, Jan: jan@gmail.com wrote: For pymel you can use the tools provided with it. Maya2012\Python\lib\site-packages\pymel\tools\scriptEditor Put the pymelScrollFieldReporter into the plugins dir Replace the original scriptEditorPanel.mel file inside: Maya2012\scripts\startup with the one from the pymel tools folder you need to change a few lines though in the py file to make it work with maya 2011 and 2012: add: from pymel.tools.mel2py import melparse change : mparser = mel2py.MelParser() to: mparser = melparse.MelParser() As for maya python itself there should be a simmilar way but i have not looked into it. Note though that using the pymel script editor panel slows down your code quite a lot especially when printing. and some features are disabled in the script editor!!! 2011/10/21 Sahak Sahakian loves2anim...@gmail.com Hi guys. How wold one go about making ScriptEditor spit back its history in Python? cheers -- view archives:http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
Re: [Maya-Python] Re: Which editor do you use?
Hi Yury, I do not think there is mel syntax available for VS 2010 but here is an explanation for pymel. https://pytools.codeplex.com/discussions/276754 If it does not work give VS 2010 a restart. that should do the trick. Hope that helps! Jan 2011/10/25 ynedelin ynede...@gmail.com Hi Mike I am staring to use VS as well I am on VS 2010. Do you know of a way to get MEL syntax for VS? thanks Yury On Oct 21, 5:27 am, Mike Malinowski (LIONHEAD) mich...@microsoft.com wrote: As with Jan, I also use Visual Studio with the PTVS integration. Generally I find it much cleaner and organised than eclipse. From: python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com [mailto: python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jan: Sent: 21 October 2011 13:05 To: python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Maya-Python] Re: Which editor do you use? I just started to use visual studio with the python implementation that has been released recently. I must say its quite good. Just need to get the hang of using visual studio. Before that Eclipse/Pydev which worked really well. 2011/10/6 PixelMuncher pixeldr...@gmail.commailto:pixeldr...@gmail.com I'll put in my 2 cents for Eclipse/Pydev. Works great for me. I have the creative crash plugin working as far as communicating w/ Maya, but I don't think autocomplete will work with straight Python (ie cmds.command...). -- view archives:http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- view archives:http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
[Maya-Python] getUV and getUVAtPoint returning wierd results.
1) I ran into a wierd problem in maya 2013. (maya2012 seems to be fine) if you grab any polygon object and run: for x in range(0, 10): print pm.selected()[0].getUVAtPoint(1) I seem to get on average a 75% chance of getting [0.0, 0.0] and 25% of the time the correct result. I've tested this on several machines. Now I presume this is a bug somewhere in pymel. 2) Does anyone know of another way of getting the vertex Coordinates in a reliable way?! Thanks! Jan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
Re: [Maya-Python] getUV and getUVAtPoint returning wierd results.
Found a workaround. Just kept it all in cmds: vtxNumber = 1 sel = cmds.ls(sl = True) ## Get uvMap uv nrs uvMap = cmds.polyListComponentConversion(sel[0]+'.vtx[%s]' %vtxNumber, fromVertex = True, toUV = True) ## get uv coordinates (one of the uvMaps is enough. uvCoords = cmds.polyEditUV(uvMap[1] , query = True) 2013/1/15 Jan: jan@gmail.com 1) I ran into a wierd problem in maya 2013. (maya2012 seems to be fine) if you grab any polygon object and run: for x in range(0, 10): print pm.selected()[0].getUVAtPoint(1) I seem to get on average a 75% chance of getting [0.0, 0.0] and 25% of the time the correct result. I've tested this on several machines. Now I presume this is a bug somewhere in pymel. 2) Does anyone know of another way of getting the vertex Coordinates in a reliable way?! Thanks! Jan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
Re: [Maya-Python] getUV and getUVAtPoint returning wierd results.
make that uvMap[0] instead of 1 (typo) 2013/1/15 Jan: jan@gmail.com Found a workaround. Just kept it all in cmds: vtxNumber = 1 sel = cmds.ls(sl = True) ## Get uvMap uv nrs uvMap = cmds.polyListComponentConversion(sel[0]+'.vtx[%s]' %vtxNumber, fromVertex = True, toUV = True) ## get uv coordinates (one of the uvMaps is enough. uvCoords = cmds.polyEditUV(uvMap[1] , query = True) 2013/1/15 Jan: jan@gmail.com 1) I ran into a wierd problem in maya 2013. (maya2012 seems to be fine) if you grab any polygon object and run: for x in range(0, 10): print pm.selected()[0].getUVAtPoint(1) I seem to get on average a 75% chance of getting [0.0, 0.0] and 25% of the time the correct result. I've tested this on several machines. Now I presume this is a bug somewhere in pymel. 2) Does anyone know of another way of getting the vertex Coordinates in a reliable way?! Thanks! Jan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
Re: [Maya-Python] Multi level undo in one go
Hi, What you can try is an open and close chunk of your undo queue. ## Opens a new undo chunk cmds.undoInfo(openChunk = True) ## Closes the chunk again cmds.undoInfo(closeChunk = True) Keep in mind though that if you have an error in your script halfway you might lose your entire undo stack. Maybe make a button that closes the undo chunk. so you can always preserve your undo stack. if you really want to make your life easy make a decorator function out of it. That way you can use it for every function you want to wrap in one undo call. Hope that helps. 2013/1/23 blindtresddd blindtres...@gmail.com Blue pencil plug? Anyone? El 23/01/2013 15:08, DayDreamer day.dreamer.m...@gmail.com escribió: Hi, I am changing the values of attributes on multiple objects in the maya scene. Now, if I have to go to the previous state(before the setting of the attributes), it takes lots of Undo. Is thee is a way to undone all the changes at once. Also, if I run the setting of the attributes from a function or procedure, all the changes get undone at once. But, I am not able to attain the same functionality from my script. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
Re: [Maya-Python] multiprocessing opening up output window GUI
Hi Justin, Thanks a million ! I will try this as soon as I have access to maya again. Its a shame that the .set_executable() function is windows only. As that would have been a great solution. However being able to use the standard interpreter is a great alternative!. I will get back to you asap with the test results. Jan 2013/2/8 Justin Israel justinisr...@gmail.com I am not sure what platform you are running, but on OSX this is even more problematic. It creates orphaned processes that don't close and keep spinning the cpus. The problem, as I understand it, is that the multiprocessing module needs to be able to fork, copy the memory, and start up the same interpreter again. But Maya is using an embedded python interpreter and it thinks it needs to start up Maya in the new processes, which crashes. On windows, the multiprocessing module has the .set_executable() function: http://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html#multiprocessing.set_executable But I don't have windows to test trying to set this to a valid python interpreter, and it is not even platform independent as a solution. What I have gotten to work just fine is the workflow of running your script in a subprocess, and communicating the results back over the pipe. This allows multiprocessing to run under whatever standard python interpreter you want, and is independent of Maya. There are two files here: https://gist.github.com/justinfx/4741527 The first one is a modified version of your original code. The second is the snippet to launch the subprocess from Maya and read the results. -- justin On Feb 8, 2013, at 6:04 AM, Jan: wrote: Hi, i'm trying to use the python multiprocessing module to make my script multi-threaded. However every time it tries to start a new process it loads up the output window with command line on how to load the maya batch process. When I close the window the process closes as well and the function is never called or it locks up. Unfortunately I have no idea how I can pass command line info from the multiprocessing function. So my question is: How can I load a multiprocessing process without having the output window pop up and the process running properly. Any help would be much appreciated. (I was thinking of running my code inside of a different interpreter but I have no idea on how to go at it) Example function: (it works fine in any other standard python (2.6) interpreter ). from multiprocessing import Pool from time import time ## Simple func to eat up cpu power. def whileFunc(z): while z 100: z += 1 return z ## We have to work in __main__ else in some os versions the threads become unsafe if __name__ == __main__: ## Get current time currtime = time() ## How often to run (just a test value) N = 1000 ## Just a list with 1s myList = [1]*N nrOfProcessors = 8 #16 ## Set our pool of processors po = Pool(nrOfProcessors) ## create the threads res = po.map_async(whileFunc, myList) print 'This value below should be a 1000:' ## The res.get() getting of the result actually starts the threads (surprisingly enough.) ## This is also where maya will open up the Output Window and in some cases lock up. print len(res.get()) print 'time elapsed:', time() - currtime -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [Maya-Python] Closing PySide windows in Maya
Hi Mike, I ran into the same problem and the easiest way I came up with was just by forcing the window to be destroyed every time the script ran. Just like you would do in the old days with mel :) if pm.window( 'testWindow', query = True, exists = True ) : pm.deleteUI( 'testWindow' ) So add those lines to your script and that deletes the old window. Jan 2013/7/10 Mike Malinowski (LIONHEAD) mich...@microsoft.com Hey All, ** ** I’m getting an issue whereby my PySide windows are not being properly destroyed when they’re closed. ** ** ** ** code import pymel.core as pm ** ** from PySide.QtCore import * from PySide.QtGui import * import shiboken import maya.OpenMayaUI as mui ** ** def getMayaWindow(): ptr = mui.MQtUtil.mainWindow() return shiboken.wrapInstance(long(ptr), QWidget) ** ** class testWindow( QMainWindow ) : def __init__ ( self, parent=getMayaWindow() ) : QMainWindow.__init__( self, parent=parent ) self.setObjectName(testWindow) self.layout = QHBoxLayout() self.label = QLabel(test panel) self.layout.addWidget(self.label) self.setLayout(self.layout) window = testWindow() window.show() ** ** /code ** ** Run the code above a couple of times, and close the window each time. Now run this : ** ** code from PySide.QtCore import * from PySide.QtGui import * import shiboken ** ** import pymel.core as pm import maya.OpenMayaUI as mui ** ** def getMayaWindow(): ptr = mui.MQtUtil.mainWindow() return shiboken.wrapInstance(long(ptr), QWidget) for child in getMayaWindow().children() : objName = child.objectName() if objName == : print -+str(child) else : print - + objName print len(getMayaWindow().children()) /code ** ** Notice that there are multiple instances of the window still there. The only way I can currently clean it up is to add this to the QMainWindow class : ** ** code def closeEvent( self, event ) : QMainWindow.closeEvent( self, event ) shiboken.delete(self) /code ** ** However, some of my dynamic UI’s cause a crash with this override, and it feels a little heavy handed to have to override the closeEvent. Has anyone else hit this issue? ** ** Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [Maya-Python] Closing PySide windows in Maya
Oh you can also add a check for visibility so it doesn't destroy any windows that are still in the users view. i.e. if pm.window( 'testWindow', query = True, exists = True ) : print 'exists' if not pm.window( 'testWindow', query = True, visible = True ) : print 'not visible' pm.deleteUI( 'testWindow' ) 2013/7/10 Jan: jan@gmail.com Hi Mike, I ran into the same problem and the easiest way I came up with was just by forcing the window to be destroyed every time the script ran. Just like you would do in the old days with mel :) if pm.window( 'testWindow', query = True, exists = True ) : pm.deleteUI( 'testWindow' ) So add those lines to your script and that deletes the old window. Jan 2013/7/10 Mike Malinowski (LIONHEAD) mich...@microsoft.com Hey All, ** ** I’m getting an issue whereby my PySide windows are not being properly destroyed when they’re closed. ** ** ** ** code import pymel.core as pm ** ** from PySide.QtCore import * from PySide.QtGui import * import shiboken import maya.OpenMayaUI as mui ** ** def getMayaWindow(): ptr = mui.MQtUtil.mainWindow() return shiboken.wrapInstance(long(ptr), QWidget) ** ** class testWindow( QMainWindow ) : def __init__ ( self, parent=getMayaWindow() ) : QMainWindow.__init__( self, parent=parent ) self.setObjectName(testWindow) self.layout = QHBoxLayout() self.label = QLabel(test panel) self.layout.addWidget(self.label) self.setLayout(self.layout) window = testWindow() window.show() ** ** /code ** ** Run the code above a couple of times, and close the window each time. Now run this : ** ** code from PySide.QtCore import * from PySide.QtGui import * import shiboken ** ** import pymel.core as pm import maya.OpenMayaUI as mui ** ** def getMayaWindow(): ptr = mui.MQtUtil.mainWindow() return shiboken.wrapInstance(long(ptr), QWidget) for child in getMayaWindow().children() : objName = child.objectName() if objName == : print -+str(child) else : print - + objName print len(getMayaWindow().children()) /code ** ** Notice that there are multiple instances of the window still there. The only way I can currently clean it up is to add this to the QMainWindow class : ** ** code def closeEvent( self, event ) : QMainWindow.closeEvent( self, event ) shiboken.delete(self) /code ** ** However, some of my dynamic UI’s cause a crash with this override, and it feels a little heavy handed to have to override the closeEvent. Has anyone else hit this issue? ** ** Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [Maya-Python] MEL Autocompletion for Sublime and MayaSublime
Ah yes good point. I'll modify the script to only take global procs. Also ill add an argument to just do the commands that maya returns with its help function. This should create a file that resembles the commands that are listed in the documentation. Cheers for the feedback! Jan. On 3 Apr 2014 21:00, Justin Israel justinisr...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jan, Thanks for working on that. I would be inclined to add the completion file if it only contained the commands API. It appears there may be a lot of extra cruft in the way you have generated it so far. Are you grabbing all procs, regardless of whether they are global or not? -- justin On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Jan: jan@gmail.com wrote: note* by default this file should live here: C:\Users\userName\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\MayaSublime 2014-04-03 20:12 GMT+01:00 Jan: jan@gmail.com: Hi All, Justin Israel made an awesome extension for the Sublime Text editor called MayaSublime. https://github.com/justinfx/MayaSublime But I noticed there is no auto completion file for the MEL syntax so I descided to generate one. This contains all MEL commands that I can find. Half of these are generated by the help of the maya help command: help -list * The rest is generated by parsing all the mel scripts in the maya instalation scripts folder. Hope this is of some help to people still having to manage legacy MEL scripts ^^. I also added the script that I wrote to generate this which might be usefull if you are working in a different version of Maya than this file is generated from. (Maya 2014) Feel free use edit and or modify these files in any way you see fit. Justin: In case you read this feel free to add and these files to the MayaSublime package. ( zipped the sublime completions as its a 5 meg json text file ) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAC_0f0-1F%3DdR6dr2NS8vn%3DD2_-xHxJNgimsUa_azhg_ouW9OKA%40mail.gmail.comhttps://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAC_0f0-1F%3DdR6dr2NS8vn%3DD2_-xHxJNgimsUa_azhg_ouW9OKA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=emailutm_source=footer . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAPGFgA3UCsmTcP6QEkd607VZzC%3Dy79x%3D2%2Batnvx_Hp%3D-RQW0Bw%40mail.gmail.comhttps://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAPGFgA3UCsmTcP6QEkd607VZzC%3Dy79x%3D2%2Batnvx_Hp%3D-RQW0Bw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=emailutm_source=footer . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAC_0f08nH3t9jpq8Br6wBJj%2B1uG%2BsJv4sQB1_Y6KTtkO09r5vw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Maya-Python] MEL Autocompletion for Sublime and MayaSublime
*noticed that the attachments dont show up on the online archive so added them to my website. Description: http://www.janpijpers.com/mel-autocompletion-for-sublime-and-mayasublime/ Files: http://www.janpijpers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SublimeAutoComplete.zip 2014-04-04 12:52 GMT+01:00 Jan: jan@gmail.com: So I updated the script to only take global procs. (still a big file with a lot of commands tho) So this auto completion file contains global procs only which should be more accurate. I decided to still add all scripts global procs as that way you would still get the commands like stringArrayRemoveDuplicates which are not listed in the standard maya documentation. At the moment sublime does not have a way (that I know of ) to add comments inside the text editor. However if you are curious where the commands come from, I added the scripts path as a comment in the json MEL.sublime-completions file. Also the script now has an additional argument (apiOnly : bool) to only list the maya commands that can be found in the documentation. Justin: Unfortunately I do not have a way to test this on Maya 2015 yet. As soon as I do I will generate a file for that and compare it for consistency. 2014-04-03 21:36 GMT+01:00 Fredrik Averpil fredrik.aver...@gmail.com: Awesome! This definitively should get merged with the repo! // F -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAD%3DwhWPG_%2B0wbfgXsSWFSKcoJWkkHxp8ZJXMHk4xwRpNM1cE0w%40mail.gmail.comhttps://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAD%3DwhWPG_%2B0wbfgXsSWFSKcoJWkkHxp8ZJXMHk4xwRpNM1cE0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=emailutm_source=footer . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAC_0f0-UTOu9A7ES080Og4_kvJ%2Bx6VNf3N%2BsNaUKXO-d5dzRHg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Maya-Python] Re: GetPointAtUV problem
Hi, although this is quite an old thread, I wanted to post a work around for the sake of completeness http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/for+the+sake+of+completeness.html: import maya.OpenMaya as om import maya.cmds as cmds def GetDagPath(nodeName): sel = om.MSelectionList() om.MGlobal.getSelectionListByName(nodeName, sel) dp = om.MDagPath() sel.getDagPath(0,dp) return dp def UvCoordToWorld(U, V, mesh): mfnMesh = om.MFnMesh(GetDagPath(mesh)) numFaces = mfnMesh.numPolygons() WSpoint = om.MPoint(0.0,0.0,0.0) util2 = om.MScriptUtil() util2.createFromList ((U, V),2) float2ParamUV = util2.asFloat2Ptr() for i in range(numFaces): try: mfnMesh.getPointAtUV(i,WSpoint, float2ParamUV, om.MSpace.kWorld) break; #point is in poly except: continue #point not found! return WSpoint f = UvCoordToWorld (0.5, 0.5, 'pSphereShape1') print [f[0], f[1], f[2]] Cheers! On Monday, 16 March 2009 19:35:30 UTC+1, LeonTheProfessional wrote: Hi all, I am trying to use the getPointAtUV function from python, but get this error: Code: # Error: (kFailure): Object does not exist # Traceback (most recent call last): # File maya console, line 23, in module # File maya console, line 20, in UvCoordToWorld # RuntimeError: (kFailure): Object does not exist # The code is this: Code: import maya.OpenMaya as mayaSDK import maya.cmds as maya def GetDagPath(nodeName): sel = mayaSDK.MSelectionList() mayaSDK.MGlobal.getSelectionListByName(nodeName, sel) dp = mayaSDK.MDagPath() sel.getDagPath(0,dp) return dp def UvCoordToWorld(U, V, mesh): mfnMesh = mayaSDK.MFnMesh(GetDagPath(mesh)) numFaces = mfnMesh.numPolygons() WSpoint = mayaSDK.MPoint(0.0,0.0) util2 = mayaSDK.MScriptUtil() util2.createFromList ((U, V),2) float2ParamUV = util2.asFloat2Ptr() mfnMesh.getPointAtUV(0, WSpoint, float2ParamUV, mayaSDK.MSpace.kWorld) return WSpoint f = UvCoordToWorld (0.5, 0.5, 'lowreshead') print [f[0], f[1]] Anyone knows how to do this properly. Maya python is very annoying. Thanks, Light -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/e2df332a-0edc-4e24-ad4c-232dd0a91dba%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Maya-Python] Get point position using Uv map
The following script gets you the world position from a random uv-coordinate of the selected object. I affraid I don't know what you mean with symmetry line. import maya.OpenMaya as om import maya.cmds as cmds import random def GetDagPath(nodeName): sel = om.MSelectionList() om.MGlobal.getSelectionListByName(nodeName, sel) dp = om.MDagPath() sel.getDagPath(0,dp) return dp def UvCoordToWorld(U, V, mesh): mfnMesh = om.MFnMesh(GetDagPath(mesh)) numFaces = mfnMesh.numPolygons() WSpoint = om.MPoint(0.0,0.0,0.0) util2 = om.MScriptUtil() util2.createFromList ((U, V),2) float2ParamUV = util2.asFloat2Ptr() for i in range(numFaces): try: mfnMesh.getPointAtUV(i,WSpoint, float2ParamUV, om.MSpace.kWorld) break; #point is in poly except: continue #point not found! return WSpoint f = UvCoordToWorld (random.random(), random.random(), cmds.ls(sl=True,type='shape')) print [f[0], f[1], f[2]] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/76460376-4fc1-4266-a3ed-420e2e0ab816%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Maya-Python] Re: Get point position using Uv map
I don't think there is an API function for that. You could write your own function to find the closest UV based on the mesh's UV list. However it might be a lot easier to just skip the results that are not within the coverage (ie. sorting out each result that is 0.0,0.0) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/d59cd4aa-2e49-45b8-a0d4-44729b5ea369%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Maya-Python] MItMeshPolygon.reset() problem
Hi, I'm working on a custom mesh exporter on the basis of this one: https://github.com/Volodymyrk/pbrtMayaPy/blob/master/PBRT/ExportModules/MeshOpt.py However Maya crashes when I reset the MItMeshPolygon to cache out the same geometry on each frame. Somewhere in the back of my head I remember that there was a bug around resetting the Iterator. Does anybody know how to work around that Iterator bug without switching to MFnMesh completely (which is very unhandy to retrieve UV and triangle lists) Thanks! J -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Python Programming for Autodesk Maya group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/9e6b0639-8d4c-4c01-8dcd-a79277038475%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Maya-Python] MNurbsIntersector
Hello Everybody, First: thank you for this very usefull mailinglist!! Second: i want to work with the MNurbsIntersector class but I don't manage to get it right. nurbIntersect = OpenMaya.MNurbsIntersector() gives me the error: # AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'MNurbsIntersector' # In C++ its just: MNurbsIntersector nurbIntersect; (see: closestPointOnNurbsSurfaceCmd.cpp, and intersectOnNurbsSurfaceCmd.cpp) Does anyone know how i can use it in the Python API? Thank you. All the best, delaque --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: [Maya-Python] getting a node's typeID
there is MFnDependencyNode::typeId()
to get it for a specific node type I guess one would need to use the
create function beforehand
At 08:26 PM 9/22/2010, you wrote:
i've searched for this before without avail, but it's biting me
again in a different context, so i thought i'd check:
is there a way to get the typeId of a node without having an
existing instance of the node?
i would expect a static method on MFnDependencyNode, like the following:
MFnDependencyNode.getTypeId('transform')
but i can't find anything
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Re: [Maya-Python] getting a node's typeID
I`m not sure I have enough info to give specific advice, I presume
the node may not exist that you want to get the typeId for?
If MDGModifier does not do the job how about just creating one and
then use MGlobal::deleteNode() to get rid of it?
Just a thought...
At 09:56 PM 9/22/2010, you wrote:
On Sep 22, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Jan Berger wrote:
there is MFnDependencyNode::typeId()
to get it for a specific node type I guess one would need to use
the create function beforehand
yes, it's not a static/class method so the MFnDependencyNode class
needs to be instantiated to use that method... meaning you need an
existing node. i've done some very nasty things using dg modifiers
to create ghosedt nodes that do not yet exist to find out their
type, the revert the dgmod, but i'd rather not have to do that.
-chad
At 08:26 PM 9/22/2010, you wrote:
i've searched for this before without avail, but it's biting me
again in a different context, so i thought i'd check:
is there a way to get the typeId of a node without having an
existing instance of the node?
i would expect a static method on MFnDependencyNode, like the following:
MFnDependencyNode.getTypeId('transform')
but i can't find anything
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Re: [Maya-Python] Re: object matrix
Have you tried using MScriptUtil.http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.html#891ecce0036c4ca210c39b27b1ead805asDouble3Ptr ? From the docs: Utility class for working with pointers and references. Utility class for working with pointers to basic types such as int, float and arrays of these types. Class is more applicable for script programming rather than C++. C++ pointers and references have no equivalent in script so this class provides utility methods for working with these type of parameters and return values. References are treated as pointers in script. This class allows creating data and then acquiring a pointer to the data so that information can be passed to class methods requiring references. Common scenarios: * A reference to an integer is required for a parameter: create the http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.htmlMScriptUtil object with the integer create() method, acquire a pointer using http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.html#d9ea6a06354c1e489730649a2d9bf1edasIntPtr(), pass that pointer to the method requiring the reference, create another http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.htmlMScriptUtil object using the int pointer that was returned, query the integer return value using http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.html#e42e1236dd42fccf9f98516deebcbe24asInt(). * A pointer to a list of floats are required for a parameter: create the http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.htmlMScriptUtil object with createFromList(), call asFloatPointer() and pass that to the method. * Several static methods are available for converting python lists to matrices and integer/float arrays. This class is cumbersome to use but it provides a way of building parameters and accessing return values for methods which would normally not be scriptable. At 05:44 AM 1/22/2011, you wrote: hi, i would love to get the worldspace scales but can get the getScale arguments right. What did you use? I end up with tMatrix.getScale(ptr, om.MSpace.kWorld) # Error: line 1: in method 'MTransformationMatrix_getScale', argument 2 of type 'double [3]' # Traceback (most recent call last): # File maya console, line 1, in module # TypeError: in method 'MTransformationMatrix_getScale', argument 2 of type 'double [3]' # Best Regards, katrin -- NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren und surfen! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya Jan Berger j...@janberger.de :: www.janberger.de -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
Re: [Maya-Python] Re: object matrix
If you have the worldMatrix the scale is in matrix[0][0] matrix[1][1] and matrix[2][2] At 01:17 PM 1/22/2011, you wrote: hi, yes, i did as described here http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/browse_thread/thread/1b0eae1c73c93042/ebbf7af9b00a26e4?hl=deq=#ebbf7af9b00a26e4 but couls figure out th emissing argument... I only need worldspace scale from marix, maybe there is an easyer way after all? Thanks, katrin Original-Nachricht Datum: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:08:16 +0100 Von: Jan Berger j...@janberger.de An: python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com Betreff: Re: [Maya-Python] Re: object matrix Have you tried using MScriptUtil.http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.html#891ecce0036c4ca210c39b27b1ead805asDouble3Ptr ? From the docs: Utility class for working with pointers and references. Utility class for working with pointers to basic types such as int, float and arrays of these types. Class is more applicable for script programming rather than C++. C++ pointers and references have no equivalent in script so this class provides utility methods for working with these type of parameters and return values. References are treated as pointers in script. This class allows creating data and then acquiring a pointer to the data so that information can be passed to class methods requiring references. Common scenarios: * A reference to an integer is required for a parameter: create the http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.htmlMScriptUtil object with the integer create() method, acquire a pointer using http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.html#d9ea6a06354c1e489730649a2d9bf1edasIntPtr(), pass that pointer to the method requiring the reference, create another http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.htmlMScriptUtil object using the int pointer that was returned, query the integer return value using http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.html#e42e1236dd42fccf9f98516deebcbe24asInt(). * A pointer to a list of floats are required for a parameter: create the http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/API/class_m_script_util.htmlMScriptUtil object with createFromList(), call asFloatPointer() and pass that to the method. * Several static methods are available for converting python lists to matrices and integer/float arrays. This class is cumbersome to use but it provides a way of building parameters and accessing return values for methods which would normally not be scriptable. At 05:44 AM 1/22/2011, you wrote: hi, i would love to get the worldspace scales but can get the getScale arguments right. What did you use? I end up with tMatrix.getScale(ptr, om.MSpace.kWorld) # Error: line 1: in method 'MTransformationMatrix_getScale', argument 2 of type 'double [3]' # Traceback (most recent call last): # File maya console, line 1, in module # TypeError: in method 'MTransformationMatrix_getScale', argument 2 of type 'double [3]' # Best Regards, katrin -- NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren und surfen! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya Jan Berger j...@janberger.de :: www.janberger.de -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -- GMX DSL Doppel-Flat ab 19,99 Euro/mtl.! Jetzt mit gratis Handy-Flat! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya Jan Berger j...@janberger.de :: www.janberger.de -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
Re: [Maya-Python] Re: Adding up child rotations
The example in the blog just spits out what has
been put into the TransformationMatrix.
The question is whether when you add a rotation
this will be kept track of as well, right?
If I were you I would take the code from the blog
and add some rotation either with rotateBy
or addRotation and then see what it spits out.
Sorry I can not give you direct answers and/or write code ...
At 10:34 AM 3/21/2011, you wrote:
My current mel script that I'd like to turn into a scripted plugin:
for ($obj in $hir){
string $type = `nodeType $obj`;
if (`gmatch joint $type`){
float $jo[] ={};
$jo[0] = `getAttr ($obj + .jointOrientX)`;
$jo[1] = `getAttr ($obj + .jointOrientY)`;
$jo[2] = `getAttr ($obj + .jointOrientZ)`;
rotate -r -os $jo[0] $jo[1] $jo[2] c;
}
float $rot[] = `xform -q -os -ro $obj`;
rotate -r -os $rot[0] $rot[1] $rot[2] $target;
}
By classic way do you mean using the MMatrix class?
Because 'AK Eric' says in the above mentioned description that the
MTransformationMatrix [class] will keep track of rotations past 360
degrees rotation order of the node, while MMatrix objects will not.
It makes sense: A matrix itself stores orientations as vectors, which
have no concept how how far they’ve been ‘rotated’, so the MMatrix
object doesn’t track this data. But behind the scenes, the
MTransformationMatrix does track this info...
http://www.akeric.com/blog/?p=1067
The whole point of the plugin I want to create is to add up how many
times the source nodes have spun and incrementaly add the rotations
together and output it on to one node. It sounds like
MTransformationMatrix::rotateBy would allow me to do this?
http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/api/class_m_transformation_matrix.html#554b247da58575f45b45446e04bb1afa
Thanks!
On Mar 21, 6:25 pm, j...@janberger.de j...@janberger.de wrote:
You can match transformations with different rotation orders,
because internally the rotation order is irrelevant, it is only used
when calculating the input and the output ( given it is rotation ).
Internally the 4x4 matrix is just a bunch of vectors, that dont
know anything about rotation orders and how many times they spun around.
So I am not sure if the classic way will get you what you are looking for.
t nojun...@gmail.com hat am 21. März 2011 um 03:04 geschrieben:
OK! Due to further research, it seems that matching rotations of
different rotation orders is a mathmatical imposibility;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotation_(mathematics)
So, the question now is;
What would be the scripted plugin code to do 'relative' additive
rotations on one transform from the rotation values of nodes in a
hierarchy?
I'd like to use this class that supports rotations past 360 degrees
using MTransformationMatrix::rotateBy
http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/api/class_m_transformat...
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Re: [Maya-Python] Turning off orient joint in the move options?
jointCtx command maybe? At 06:14 16.08.2011, you wrote: Sent this already, but I never saw it come through... I've been digging for a global var to turn off the orient joint move option (turned on by default in Maya 2012), but I have not managed to find one. I know this is not directly related to Python but I wanted to ping this to all the expertise in here. Anyone know how to set that option to off (through code)? Thanks / Christian -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe Jan Berger j...@janberger.de :: www.janberger.de -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
Re: [Maya-Python] custom constraint
Didnt they introduce a MPXConstraint class at some point for custom constraints to get this behaviour? At 21:29 20.08.2011, you wrote: I`m working on custom constraint and wonder how Maya does the connections to translate or rotate attribute, so they can be still changed. I will explain it more. If you make Maya constraint, you can still move constrained object around, even if there are connections. Actually Maya keyframes work the same way, you couldn`t animate really if once keyframe is connected object`s attribute values couldn`t change. So I wonder if this is internal way of plug evaluation or I need specific type of attribute (constraintTranslate seems to be simple double3 type). Does anyone know how this works? thanks. -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe Jan Berger j...@janberger.de :: www.janberger.de -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
Re: [Maya-Python] issues with mPlug
hard to tell from the info provided what might be the cause, especially if it seems to work in other maya versions. Are array attributes or arrays involved? A wrong index can easily crap out maya, but if it works in other versions... At 16:09 23.08.2011, you wrote: Just out of curiosity has anyone encountered issues using MPLug one of our programmers is having an issue with a script that works fine in maya on windows 2011, and 2012 and linux 2011, but not in linux maya 2012. ontop of that he's not quite able to isolate the issue down to the function call. he made a test script out of the same code he's using, but it works fine ( go figure) . however in the much larger script the exact same code totally crashes maya out. i still have my doubts, but I thought I'd throw it out there to see if anyone else has run into anything similar. thanks -=s -- mailto:stephenkm...@gmail.comstephenkm...@gmail.com http://smannimation.blogspot.com/ http://nymayausersgroup.blogspot.com/http://nymayausersgroup.blogspot.com/ http://smann3d.blogspot.com/ -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_mayahttp://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribehttp://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe Jan Berger j...@janberger.de :: www.janberger.de -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
Re: [Maya-Python] Re: environment for API calls ?
A short answer would be yes, you can do it and it gives a lt of possibilities, but if you are talking abou a script in the context of a bunch of commands being executed one after another, you should realize that with calling the API you may run into undo/redo issues. I have done it in production but only to do really opportunistic stuff, like copying mesh data around without creating tweaks etc. and where creating a scripted or not plug-in would have caused too much overhead. But I really like this combo of API and Python and can only encouraged to go down the path of Dark Magic Power Moves as I call it ; ) At 18:56 02.09.2011, you wrote: More precisely, if there is a boundary between python scripting and API calls, how is it formalized ? Thanks Adam On 2 sep, 18:52, wannAPI urbnc...@hotmail.com wrote: This is a very basic question: Is it possible to make API calls from the command line, or should they in general be considered apart from python scripts ? Aren't both of the same nature ? This might sound odd but that's one of the conceptual point I'm missing personally. -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe Jan Berger j...@janberger.de :: www.janberger.de -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
Re: [Maya-Python] Re: addAttributeChangedCallback within deformer?
I second Chad Vernon`s comment and suggest using the setDependentsDirty method for this purpose. At 03:20 04.09.2011, you wrote: Try using myNode.thisMObject() instead of OpenMaya.MObject(), thus removing the need to have a myMojbect at all Also, the callback function needs to have and only have the arguments found in MNodeMessage::MAttr2PlugFunction. If *args isn't that, then it isn't going to work... On Sep 3, 5:10 pm, johnvdz john.vanderz...@gmail.com wrote: thanks guys. this is basically what i have. class myNode(OpenMayaMPx.MPxDeformerNode ): myMobject=OpenMaya.MObject() def __init__(self): OpenMayaMPx.MPxDeformerNode.__init__( self ) def postConstructor(self): attrChangedCBId=OpenMaya.MNodeMessage.addAttributeChangedCallback( myNode.myMobject, myNode.attrChangedCallback, self) def attrChangedCallback(*args): print 'this node callback is working' however i generally get a # RuntimeError: (kInvalidParameter): Unexpected Internal Failure // this is in the post constructor. not sure if i have implemented it wrong john On 09/04/2011 05:44 AM, Chad Vernon wrote: You can also use setDependentsDirty to check when things change. On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 12:33 PM, notanymike notanym...@gmail.com mailto:notanym...@gmail.com wrote: In c++ I usually install it in MPxNode's postConstructor method and remove it in it's ~MPxNode method However I don't know what the ~ equivalent to Python is... On Sep 3, 7:49 am, johnvdz john.vanderz...@gmail.com mailto:john.vanderz...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, i'm really scratching my head here. anyone know of an example out there for attributeCallbacks (MNodeMessage.addAttributeChangedCallback) within a deformer or mpxnode. not sure if i should be putting this in the __init__ func or in its own custom constructor. I'm not really sure about what its passing how to deal with what it passes so any examples would be great. Google search doesn't bring up much python stuff. i need to be able to pass some message to update for the node to recalculate an array of values. thanks in advance john -- view archives:http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- view archives:http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe Jan Berger j...@janberger.de :: www.janberger.de -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
[Maya-Python] Is it possible to write a HwShaderNode in Python?
Hello All, for several days I'm now trying to implement a Hw Shader Node using the Python API. Starting with the most basic node possible, I took RobTheBloke's BasicHwShader and removed everything leaving just the color attribute ( see his c++ example here: http://nccastaff.bournemouth.ac.uk/jmacey/RobTheBloke/www/source/maya/BasicHwShader1.zip ) The problem occurs in the glGeometry method. The call glFT.glDrawElements( prim, indexCount, OpenMayaRender.MGL_UNSIGNED_INT, indexArray ) just crashes Maya. You can view my python code here: http://pastebin.com/DtLVVND6 Does anyone have a clue how this could work? Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you! All the best, jan PS: the glGeometry method also takes a pointer-to-pointer argument for the normalArrays, i was also wondering if it's possible to acces that with the MScriptUtil in some way??? getFloat4ArrayItem and getFloatArrayItem doesn't work... -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
[Maya-Python] Re: Book
Very interesting, just ordered a copy! On 12 Okt., 22:14, Ehsan Kiani ehsankiani.t...@gmail.com wrote: thanks ! On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Ricardo Viana cgolhei...@gmail.comwrote: Thank you very much For this book just bought the kindle version. This time im really gonna learnt it. Cheers Ricardo Viana On Oct 12, 2011, at 8:05 PM, Farsheed Ashouri farsheed.asho...@gmail.com wrote: Very good. On Wednesday, October 12, 2011, Sahak Sahakian wrote: On Wednesday, October 12, 2011 6:43:08 PM, Adam Mechtley wrote: Hey folks, For those interested, Ryan and I finally wrapped up our book and (not that anyone is keeping me in the loop on release dates) it's available on Kindle now, hardcover later this week http://www.amazon.com/Maya-Python-Games-Film-Reference/dp/0123785782/... http://www.amazon.com/Maya-**Python-Games-Film-Reference/** dp/0123785782/ref=sr_1_1?ie=**UTF8qid=1318437212sr=8-1. Many thanks to Seth Gibson and Kristine Middlemiss for contributing chapters, and to Dean Edmonds for technical editing assistance. If you're curious, you can also check out the companion web site at http://www.maya-python.com/ http://www.maya-python.com/ I mostly wanted to post here to ask that, if anyone on this list happens to pick up a copy, please do get in touch with me regarding any errors you find! It turns out writing a book is really hard, so I'm sure there were plenty of things that made it in under the radar in the final crunch ;) I just want to make sure we have an opportunity to fix as many issues as possible for the second printing. Thanks! -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya http://groups.google.com/**group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe http://groups.google.com/**group/python_inside_maya/**subscribe Hi Adam. I am expecting it in mail soon and will let you know of typos/errors... cheers -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya http://groups.google.com/**group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe http://groups.google.com/**group/python_inside_maya/**subscribe -- Sincerely, Farsheed Ashouri, ourway.ir Tel: +98 9388801504 -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- view archives:http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- Ehsan Kiani Character TDhttp://vimeo.com/user2219426 Mobile: +98 918 936 9006 [GMT: +3:30 hrs] Iran -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
[Maya-Python] Re: Interactive selection of objects
Does this help: http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/Commands/scriptCtx.html ? On 17 Okt., 17:20, André Adam a_adam_li...@gmx.de wrote: Hi again, most Maya tools rely on input selections to be made prior to executing a command working on the selection. Now, instead of doing that I'm looking for an easy way to invoke an interactive pick session from a function. I find bits and pieces in the API documentation, all of them looking pretty much over the top for this rather simple task. Anyone having a hint on how to tackle that? Thanks in advance, cheers! -André -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
[Maya-Python] Re: aniMeta - simple rigging tools
Hi Marcus, saw you ragdoll stuff, pure awesomeness! Regarding your questions, HumanIK is IMHO only good for retargeting animation(mocap) data in Maya. It is integrated in aniMeta by creating a hik character along with the actual rig and than there is an extra group with a pairBlend on each relevant control so one can dial in or out the hik effect ( "mocap" attribute on each control ). This allows one to animate/tweak the mocap data, ie for foot locking. I have not implemented a baking step, yet, I guess that depends if it gets becomes a priority for some reason, so far I had exported the animation then directly to game engines, mostly UE. Your question regarding a comparison to other solutions is very interesting, as it touches the design choices made. There are already a few options for auto-rigging out there, why bother putting out another one? First, the key idea behind aniMeta is simplicity with having novice users in mind. In my experience it can be already a challenge for users to install a script/plug-in. My idea was to have everything needed in a compact format with no dependencies/build/platform/installation issues, that is way I made the choice that aniMeta needs to be a single text file that can be started from the plug-in manager. Second, regarding features, the biped template would probably be considered basic when compared to other options out there, especially mGear. but that also makes it fast and has only what I consider the most important features to get some decent game animation loops. It is also vanilla Maya, so a rig created with aniMeta can be opened on another machine that does not have the plug-in installed. That is also a difference to mGear, which uses custom nodes. So IMHO mGear is definitely the choice if you need to customize stuff and want advanced features, aniMeta is more of a light-weight but fast solution, but offers some neat features that maya make it interesting for character TDs. For example. there is a tool to export/import hierarchies(json), there is skinning IO(json) and a procedural build system, which I used last year to build a couple of mGear characters with. So it complements Maya where I see some Maya`s rigging features lack and aniMeta can easily combined with other rigging tools and solutions out there. Some students told me that the smooth weights tool alone already makes it worth having around. I know there isn`t any info about usage of aniMeta yet. But I am in the process of putting info stuff together so people can get a more specific idea of what it is and how to use it. But so far thanks for your interest! : ) Marcus Ottosson schrieb am Dienstag, 11. Januar 2022 um 16:24:07 UTC+1: > Very exciting. :) I'm familiar with your work on Character Modular System, > years ago from Suntoucher Labs. That stuff was next-gen. Keen to dive into > this. > > One question comes to mind from your feature summary above, what are your > thoughts on HumanIK? Is it intended for use by animators, or is it an > integration kind of thing? Like for motion capture, Motion Builder or > Unreal/Unity? > > Also what are your thoughts on other auto riggers out there, in terms of > comparison. When should (or shouldn't) one choose to look at aniMeta over > anything else? Of particular interest to me personally is a comparison with > mGear. > > On Tuesday, 11 January 2022 at 15:17:25 UTC loopy@gmail.com wrote: > >> >> Howdy, I created this auto-riggerfor my students that has features that I >> find vanilla maya lacks and published it on github as open-source. It is >> easy to install, it is just one py file that can be started via the plug-in >> manager. I thought it may be interesting to some of you, so here you go: >> https://github.com/janberger/aniMeta >> >> Here are some features: >> - Biped template ( Unity and Unreal compatible ) >> - HumanIK inegration >> - Skinning IO >> - Very nice Smooth Weights Tool ; ) >> - Picker UI >> - Rig, Pose, Animation IO >> - Transform tools ( mirroring, matching et al ) >> >> Overall the rigging features may seem limited for the Biped, because they >> are ; ) but keep in mind it is for students, especially game design >> students. For more advanced stuff. there is a procedural build system for a >> data-cantric workflow integrated, but I guess I need to write some >> documentation before anybody but me can use it. >> >> Please let me know if you have any questions! >> Jan Berger >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/51610d0e-f0f8-485f-bad2-dd1d51d949afn%40googlegroups.com.
[Maya-Python] aniMeta - simple rigging tools
Howdy, I created this auto-riggerfor my students that has features that I find vanilla maya lacks and published it on github as open-source. It is easy to install, it is just one py file that can be started via the plug-in manager. I thought it may be interesting to some of you, so here you go: https://github.com/janberger/aniMeta Here are some features: - Biped template ( Unity and Unreal compatible ) - HumanIK inegration - Skinning IO - Very nice Smooth Weights Tool ; ) - Picker UI - Rig, Pose, Animation IO - Transform tools ( mirroring, matching et al ) Overall the rigging features may seem limited for the Biped, because they are ; ) but keep in mind it is for students, especially game design students. For more advanced stuff. there is a procedural build system for a data-cantric workflow integrated, but I guess I need to write some documentation before anybody but me can use it. Please let me know if you have any questions! Jan Berger -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/be5f17f9-1806-48a5-96dc-7569e7a41859n%40googlegroups.com.
