Hello there, Thanks for your responses. Matthew, that worked a treat and helped me create my first function!
thanks guys Marc On Jul 30, 3:54 am, matthew evans <[email protected]> wrote: > personally i would just make it into a quick function: > > cmds.spotLight( n='back_building_light_1', ca=20 ) > cmds.move( -8,10,0 ) > cmds.spotLight( n='back_building_light_2', ca=20 ) > cmds.move( 0,10,0 ) > cmds.spotLight( n='back_building_light_3', ca=20 ) > cmds.move( 8,10,0 ) > cmds.group( 'back_building_light_1', 'back_building_light_2', > 'back_building_light_3', n='back_bldng_lgts_grp' ) > cmds.rotate( -90,0,0 ) > > cmds.polyPlane( w=20, h=20, sx=10, sw=10 ) > > def intense(x): > cmds.setAttr( "back_building_light_1.intensity"=x) > cmds.setAttr( "back_building_light_2.intensity"=x) > cmds.setAttr( "back_building_light_3.intensity"=x) > > intense(20) > intense(40) > intense(5) > > you get the picture :)On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Marc Stephen > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > I'm new to Python, and I have a simple question for you guys. > > > How would I go about changing the attributes on group? In this case, > > it is a group of 3 spotlights. I just want to be able to change the > > intensity on them all at once, instead of individually. > > > Here is the code... > > > cmds.spotLight( n='back_building_light_1', ca=20 ) > > cmds.move( -8,10,0 ) > > cmds.spotLight( n='back_building_light_2', ca=20 ) > > cmds.move( 0,10,0 ) > > cmds.spotLight( n='back_building_light_3', ca=20 ) > > cmds.move( 8,10,0 ) > > cmds.group( 'back_building_light_1', 'back_building_light_2', > > 'back_building_light_3', n='back_bldng_lgts_grp' ) > > cmds.rotate( -90,0,0 ) > > > cmds.polyPlane( w=20, h=20, sx=10, sw=10 ) > > > cmds.setAttr( 'back_building_lights.intensity=0.5) ???? > > > Thanks > > > -- > > 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
