Thanks this works perfect!!
2008/11/15 kurian os ™ (R)കോപ്പിയടിച്ചാല്(c)ഗോതമ്പുണ്ട! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hi
>
> import maya.cmds as cmds
>
> myDimNode=cmds.createNode("nearestPointOnMesh")
>
> cmds.connectAttr('pPlane1.outMesh',myDimNode+'.inMesh')
>
> myReult=cmds.getAttr(myDimNode+".nearestFaceIndex")
>
> print myReult
>
> i can get the result like this i am using maya 2009 ..closestPointOnMesh
> changed to nearestPointOnMesh
>
> check it
>
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:07 PM, luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I'm trying to use calculate the index of the nearest face of a plane
>> to a point, I've seen that there's a node called "closestPointOnMesh"
>> that can do this job but I don't know how to use it in python...
>> actually I don't know how to set the mesh attribute...
>>
>> This is what I have so far:
>>
>> import maya.cmds as cmds
>> myNode = cmds.createNode("closestPointOnMesh")
>>
>> cmds.setAttr( "%s.ip"%myNode,-10.887166, 0.977407,
>> 14.022607,type="double3")
>> cmds.setAttr( "%s.im"%myNode, "pPlane1", type="mesh")
>> cmds.getAttr("%s.result.closestFaceIndex"%myNode)
>>
>>
>> I'm getting this error when trying to set the input mesh attribute
>>
>> # Error: Error reading data element number 1: pPlane1
>> # Traceback (most recent call last):
>> # File "<maya console>", line 2, in ?
>> # RuntimeError: Error reading data element number 1: pPlane1
>>
>>
>> Does anybody know how to do this right??
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>>
>> /lui
>>
>>
>>
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