I believe you want the rotatePivot in your case:
from pymel.core import *
sel = ls(sl=1)
for obj in sel:
globalPos = obj.getRotatePivot(rp='world')
newLoc = spaceLocator()
newLoc.setTranslation(globalPos, space='world')
cheers,
Shawn
On Jun 29, 7:19 am, Alan Fregtman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> This is my first post. Hi everyone!
>
> I was wondering why this simple snippet doesn't work fully with
> selected clusters but seems to work with everything else:
> -------------------------
> from pymel.core import *
>
> sel = ls(sl=1)
>
> for obj in sel:
> globalPos = obj.getTranslation(space="world")
> newLoc = spaceLocator()
> newLoc.setTranslation(globalPos)
> -------------------------
>
> I'm trying to place locators at the position of some selected
> clusters. If I select some other object type the script seems to work
> but with clusters it doesn't set the translation at all, even though
> globalPos does return values. Makes the locator though.
>
> I'm on Maya 2008 by the way.
>
> Any thoughts? I don't understand what I'm doing wrong, or is it a bug?
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Alan
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