Hi Adam, we are using Maya 2015 (not ext), but it must be what Cesar says. Just out of curiosity, what exactly is this line doing?
delete `parentConstraint`; Applying a cns and then deleting it? On 4 December 2014 at 12:35, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]> wrote: > Often happens when you copy paste a script from outlook or another email > app that changes the quotes on you > On Dec 4, 2014 2:41 AM, "Cesar Saez" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Adam, >> >> It doesn't work because you're using the wrong quotation marks, >> *parentConstraint* should be enclosed by backticks / backquotes / ` >> (it's an imperative form of eval... sort of). >> >> http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2014/en_us/files/FAQ_What_is_the_difference_between_eval_backquotes_and.htm >> >> Cheers! >> >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Adam Sale <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Cesar, funny, I had been using the one liner to match transforms, >>> position, rotation, etc about 6 months ago, no problems >>> >>> Now, however, running the command just doesn't work for me in MEL in >>> Maya 2015 Ext1 SP5. >>> >>> delete 'parentConstraint'; >>> >>> same goes for point, scale and orient. >>> >>> Selecting two objects and running returns a syntax error Line 1.8 >>> >>> Not sure why it would have stopped. Cristobal which version of Maya are >>> you running? >>> >>>
