-----Original Message-----
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-
boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Thivierge
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 12:20 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Any equivalent to Custom Param sets in Maya?
Hey Joey,
Yeah I know the standard workflow for attributes in Maya just wasn't sure if
there was a new organizational structure in recent years.
I basically want to make sets of attributes on an actual object, not a child
object. Custom Param Sets in Softimage allow for this as you have a nested
param set where more custom params can live.
MyControl
- posx
- posy
- posz
- MyCustomParamSet1
- customParam1
- customParam2
- MyCustomParamSet2
- customParam1
- customParam2
The above structure doesn't seem to be doable in Maya and I'm currently
using a very hacky method of creating locked enum attributes with a value of
"----" to divide up sections of attributes. Accessing these sets via scripting
is
annoying as these attributes aren't nested under a Param Set or other
organizational type structure and thus breaking the parody between
Softimage, Maya, and Kraken.
I'm able to work around for now and make things work, it's just not elegant.
The few things that I wish AD would implement in Maya as an offering of
good faith for ending Softimage to me, would be non-inherited visibility,
custom attribute sets and proxy-attributes. The latter being the largest
inconvenience I've come across yet for Character setup in Maya.
Eric T.
On 5/13/2015 12:02 PM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] wrote:
As you probably already know custom attributes are added via
Attributes>Add Attributes in an object's Attribute Editor.
You're asking, I think, can you have custom Attributes in a special panel like
is done in Soft.
You can add attributes anywhere, to nulls, to objects etc. If you want an
attribute with behavior applied to another object but need to manage
separately you can add that to a group or null then formulate the attribute to
work on a different object.
Custom attributes show up in the channel box of the object they are added
to.
Or in the Extra Attributes section of the object where they can be isolated
from the rest of the transform channels. You must execute "Load Attributes"
for them to show up there.
If you want a similar kind of structure to what Soft permits, make a null
object and parent it under the main object, rename it to Controls or
something of the sort. Create all your custom attributes there and close all
section to its attribute editor other than Extra Attributes. From the channel
box you can "Hide" all the transform channels you don't want to see for this
"control" object (Right click>hide selected on each channel) making this a bit
more pleasant experience as a "custom param" panel if you decide to use
the channel box to access the info.
--
Joey Ponthieux
LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) MYMIC Technical
Services NASA Langley Research Center
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-----Original Message-----
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-
boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Thivierge
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 11:42 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Any equivalent to Custom Param sets in Maya?
Hello all,
Wondering if there is a container like object where you can add
attributes to that lives under an object in Maya. Also having
multiple instances of this object type as well with the attributes within it
exposed in the channel box.
Thanks,
Eric T.
