Hey, the only thing that looks a bit suspect to me is the way you are
setting a variable that is outside of the method. The scope of the variable
may be incorrect.
Can I suggest that if everything runs correctly in your makestairs() then
you return True, and then check against the returned variable. Bit nicer
then passing values to and from different method scopes.
if stairs >= 1:
checkTest = makestairs()
if checkTest:
distributeStairs()
Also noticed that you are setting checkTest over a hundred times as you
have it running in the loop, maybe move it out of the loop. So that it only
gets run once all the stairs are built. I would also recommend passing
values into a method, instead of just accessing them from a different
scope, this can result in bugs, and it a bit ugly.
def makestairs(staris)
# code here
def distributeStairs(stairs):
# code here
if checkTest:
distributeStairs(stairs)
I hope that helps
On Friday, 15 September 2017 08:56:17 UTC+10, jettam wrote:
>
> I am trying to write a function that will first make a spiral staircase,
> and then distribute the staircase randomly. I can get this script to
> generate only one spiral staircase, but it stops there. I can't get it to
> duplicate and distribute multiples of these. I have attached a logic path
> that I think the script should follow A,B,C,D (see attached image) Am I
> missing something ?
>
>
> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KJqfSpoFRQE/WbsIvjelpmI/AAAAAAABOsw/CaX0WaGDW1sLSNXCD9I8ME1lURLocWUwgCLcBGAs/s1600/Capture.JPG>
>
>
> Here is the code:
> import maya.cmds as mc
> import random
>
> def distributeObjects(stairs=None):
> ''' This will make and randomly distribute a spiralStaircase '''
>
> checkTest = 0
>
> def makestairs():
> ''' first make one spiral staircase '''
> # make a dictionary
> steps = {'name':'Step','slide':5,'rotations':10,'spacing':1,
> 'stepDepth':2,'stepHeight':.75}
> stepName=steps.get('name')
> # make masterGroup
> groupAllSteps = mc.group(name="Group"+stepName+"s", empty=True)
> for x in range (0,100):
> #make stairs
> # make step
> stepObj = mc.polyCube(name=stepName+"#", w=5, h=steps.get(
> 'stepHeight'), d=steps.get('stepDepth'), ch=0)
> # make group
> stepGrp = mc.group(empty=True, name=stepName+'_Grp#')
> # parent stepObj to stepGrp
> mc.parent(stepObj, stepGrp)
> # rotate stepGrp
> mc.xform(stepGrp, ro=(0,(steps.get('rotations')*x),0))
> # transform stepObj
> mc.xform(stepObj[0], t=(steps.get('slide'),steps.get(
> 'stepHeight')*steps.get('spacing')*x,0))
> # parent stepObj to masterGroup
> mc.parent(stepObj, groupAllSteps)
> # delete stepGrp
> mc.delete(stepGrp)
> checkTest = 1
>
> def distributeStairs():
> ''' duplicate the pre-made spiral staircase X amount of times,
> and randomly distribute them '''
> for i in range (stairs):
> trX = random.uniform(-30,30)
> trY = random.uniform(-30,30)
> trZ = random.uniform(-30,30)
> newGroup = mc.duplicate(GroupSteps,name=GroupSteps+i)
> mc.setAttr(newGroup+".translate",trX,trY,trZ,type='double3')
>
> if stairs >= 1:
> makestairs()
>
> if checkTest == 1:
> distributeStairs()
>
>
> distributeObjects(3)
>
>
>
>
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