I'm a beginner as well, but it worked when I tried like below. import maya.cmds as cmds
nameGear = "anyname" setTeeth = 6 gearSize = 5 thickness = 4 gear = cmds.polyCylinder(n=(nameGear + "_" + str(setTeeth) + "T-"),r=gearSize, h=thickness, sx=setTeeth, sy=1, sz=1, ax=(0, 1, 0), tx=1, ch=1) extrudeOne = cmds.polyExtrudeFacet((gear[0] + ".f[0:"+ str(getTeeth) + "]"), ch=1, kft=1, pvx=0, pvy=0, pvz=0,tx=0, ty=0, tz=0, rx=0, ry=0, rz=0, sx=1, sy=1, sz=1, ran=0,divisions=1, twist=0, taper=1, off=0, ltz=1, ws=0, ltx=0, lty=0,lrx=0, lry=0, lrz=0, lsx=1, lsy=1, lsz=1, ldx=1, ldy=0, ldz=0, w=0,gx=0, gy=-1, gz=0, att=0, mx=0, my=0, mz=0, sma=30) cmds.setAttr((extrudeOne[0] + ".localTranslate"), 3,2,0 , type = "double3") cmds.setAttr((extrudeOne[0] + ".localScaleX"), 2) cmds.setAttr((extrudeOne[0] + ".localScaleY"), 1) thanks, -Jun On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Mark Naidenkov <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to translate MEL code to Python to get to it and I have > couple of problems and I'm kind of new to maya programming/scripting > and to these programming languages maybe someone could help me and > tell where are the mistakes and how to solve it. I would be very > grateful, Thanks for attention and your time (; > > and here is the piece of the script with which I'm having truobles ;/ > > gear[] = cmds.polyCylinder(n=(nameGear + "_" + setTeeth + "T-"), > r=gearSize, h=thickness, sx=setTeeth, sy=1, sz=1, ax=(0, 1, 0), tx=1, > ch=1) > cmds.rotate(0, 0.5, 0) > > extrudeOne[] = cmds.polyExtrudeFacet(ch=1, kft=1, pvx=0, pvy=0, pvz=0, > tx=0, ty=0, tz=0, rx=0, ry=0, rz=0, sx=1, sy=1, sz=1, ran=0, > divisions=1, twist=0, taper=1, off=0, ltz=1, ws=0, ltx=0, lty=0, > lrx=0, lry=0, lrz=0, lsx=1, lsy=1, lsz=1, ldx=1, ldy=0, ldz=0, w=0, > gx=0, gy=-1, gz=0, att=0, mx=0, my=0, mz=0, sma=30, (gear[0] + ".f[0:" > + getTeeth + "]")) > > cmds.setAttr(extrudeOne[0] + ".localTranslate"), type=double(3, 0, 0) > trans1) > cmds.setAttr(extrudeOne[0] + ".localScaleX"), scaleX1) > cmds.setAttr(extrudeOne[0] + ".localScaleY"), scaleY1) > > > cmds.polyCylinder(n=(gear[0] + "cutter"), r=holeSize, h=(thickness + > 1), sx=setTeeth, sy=1, sz=1, ax=(0, 1, 0), tx=1, ch=1) > cmds.polyBoolOp(n=(nameGear + "_" + $setTeeth + "T-"), op=2, ch=1, > gear[0], (gear[0] + "cutter") > > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
