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Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

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Joint orientation Script | Page: 1 2

Hey guys I found a great script, some of you may have heard of it. jsOrientJointUI It is for joint orientation and I hear it is very helpful. ...

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by Falott

09-03-2006|02:28 PM

Replies: 17

Toggling a button ON - OFF

In another thread, JDigital did me the favor of mentioning the jsOrientJointUI script. . . . I had been looking for a script that could use a toggle...

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by skywola

09-03-2006|06:09 AM

Replies: 2

snapVertsToZero_X.mel

I´ve been working on this for some time now and finally got it working yippeee! // snapVertsToZero_X.mel // this script selects borderVerts...

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by skywola

08-03-2006|10:41 AM

Replies: 4

car spot -cone simulation

hello. im working on a project where i need to have an infinite amount of cones pop out from the ground and land infront of a car. im not too...

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by gster123

07-03-2006|06:41 PM

Replies: 3

undeclared variable

I´m currently reading The MEL Companion. very good lecture! but - is it possible, since the book was published in 2003 that some of the scripting...

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by Falott

05-03-2006|09:36 AM

Replies: 3

polyunite_merge_convertToSubD

first attempt - not really a script, but it´s WORKING! I use to convert from poly to subD a lot when modeling and sometimes need to make a...

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by Falott

04-03-2006|10:49 AM

Replies: 0

The MEL "alias" command and how you can use it

During the building process of the Walkerman program that I created, I found that it was necessary at times to re-call up a window if I had closed...

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by skywola

04-03-2006|07:06 AM

Replies: 1

Disabling the "OK" button in promptDialog

Hi there all, I am new to MEL, but not in respects of programming in general, so I have a question that I would like to ask. I wanted to know...

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by junkyBob

02-03-2006|05:41 AM

Replies: 4

random lights

Hello there, I have made a 1970's style flashing dancefloor, well I have made the dancefloor and lit each square from below but I need to make...

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by happymat27

01-03-2006|02:43 PM

Replies: 3

How to detect odd or even numbers

How to Detect odd or even numbers in MEL int $num = 1; if ($num % 2 == 0) print($num + " even"); else print($num + " odd"); $num++;

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by Alan

28-02-2006|09:00 AM

Replies: 3

sel borderVerts and move them to [0 Y Z]

when borderselecting vertices from an object - a halfside modeled face for example - how can I move every single vertex from this selection to 0...

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by Falott

28-02-2006|01:35 AM

Replies: 1

select all vertices from an object

I need to select all of the vertices from an object. when dragselecting over my geo scriptEditor says: select -r geometry.vtx ; how can I...

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by Falott

27-02-2006|09:38 PM

Replies: 1

polyUnite -n NOT working

why is the flag (-n) not working with polyUnite? command ref says: -name (-n) Flag can appear in Create mode of command ...

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by Falott

27-02-2006|07:45 PM

Replies: 1

rename duplicated object without selecting it

I´m new to scripting and have one simple question. could not find anything in the command ref. when duplicating an object, is there a way where I can...

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by Falott

27-02-2006|05:32 PM

Replies: 1

Motion tracking via MEL

The attached file shows and example of the use of MEL and Trigonometry to control a camera so it keeps an object that is moving in the frame...

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by skywola

27-02-2006|01:22 PM

Replies: 0

Creating a head quickly

Ever heard of the program "Faces" that the police use to ID criminals? It could be done in 3D, relatively easily . . . . if someone were to...

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by skywola

27-02-2006|01:03 PM

Replies: 0

Rotating a figure

This is a problem that I have run into that so far I have yet to find a solution for: In the attached file, when you hit the play button, you...

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by skywola

25-02-2006|03:36 PM

Replies: 0

for-loop: how to print variable data instead of variable name?

hi, i've got a new problem. it seems as if there was a simple solution, but i just don't figure out how to find it. what i've got: 6 variables: ...

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by skywola

16-02-2006|04:01 AM

Replies: 1

time delay

Hi, I tried to follow the instructions in a tutorial about the making of a tail which uses a mel needed to delay the movement of joints, but when...

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by skywola

15-02-2006|03:18 AM

Replies: 2

Forcing a check box to be checked.

What is the mel command to ensure that a checkbox is always checked in the options dialog box of a command. Ie, in the duplicate options box, how...

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by gster123

12-02-2006|10:32 PM

Replies: 2

I have 2 startup files.. want to load both

hiyas all. i have 2 scripts which i want to both load. GOOMOO utilities and TinyTools. The trouble is, they both have a file called 'usersetup.mel'....

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by MattTheMan

12-02-2006|03:51 PM

Replies: 1

Character Animation Via MEL

I'm posting this in the MEL scripts forum as I did not get much feedback on it in the other forum . . . I have created a MEL program that...

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by skywola

12-02-2006|02:16 AM

Replies: 0

nprs script not working!!

Please I need some help here. I download the nprs.mel script and paste it in the script folder like the tut says, to make a cell shaded character in...

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