draggerContext? interesting... mind to tell me more? my initial idea was to detect when a user navigate the camera viewport with Alt + LeftDrag I wish to read the camera information ( as in location, rotation...) when the user is navigating.
On Jul 11, 7:45 am, chadrik <[email protected]> wrote: > also, keep in mind that maya provides many context commands in > maya.cmds, such as draggerContext, so you don't necessarily need to > use the API. > > -chad > > On Jul 10, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Paul Molodowitch wrote: > > > > > It's a little complicated, as you have to create a plugin to use any > > of the MPx* classes, which is a bit of a pain. If you don't have much > > experience writing plugins, check out > >http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2009help/index.html?url=Maya_API... > > for a basic intro, or > >http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2009help/API/index.htmlfor a > > basic python example. You can compare that to > >http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2009help/API/sine_node_8cpp-exam... > > to get a feel for translating between C++ and python, and then check > > out some of the C++ examples that use MPxContexts / MEvents, like > >http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2009help/API/component_scale_man... > > > As a word of warning before you start that journey, though, it may not > > be possible to do what you want - my understanding of MPxContexts > > isn't the greatest, but I believe they're only active when a > > custom-made tool is in use. So if you want to somehow trigger custom > > code to run WHENEVER the user does certain mouse events, regardless of > > what tool they're using, I don't think that's possible. > > > I'd love to hear I'm wrong - Ravi in this post - > >http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/browse_thread/threa... > > - implies that it's possible to register for mouse move messages - but > > he may have just been referring to when a custom tool is active. > > > - Paul > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
