Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.
# 1 04-05-2015 , 12:39 PM
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MEL Script help (Beginner)

Hi guys, This is my first post here on this forum. I am very excited about learing Maya and I hope there people here who can help me along the way.

Right now I study Online courses about rigging and they did use a MEL script that I thing chould be useful. But when I copy the exact MEL script over to the Script Editor in Maya (2014), I get an error.

Can some kind soul help me with this error? What did I do wrong? I double and triple checked the script they use in the Online Coures, and I can't for my life find any difference.

Thanks in advance.

The script:
Code:
//cOBJ - center object between selection...
pointConstraint;
//Find the object to center (last selection)...
string $grabEnd[] = `sl -sl -tl l;
//Remove its point constraint...
string $findPtCns[] = `listRelatives -type pointConstraint $grabEnd`;
select $findPtCns; doDelete;
Error from the console:
Code:
//cOBJ - center object between selection...
pointConstraint;
//Find the object to center (last selection)...
string $grabEnd[] = `sl -sl -tl l;
//Remove its point constraint...
string $findPtCns[] = `listRelatives -type pointConstraint $grabEnd`;
select $findPtCns; doDelete;
// Error: string $grabEnd[] = `sl -sl -tl l; // 
// Error: Line 4.34: Syntax error //

# 2 04-05-2015 , 02:49 PM
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At a quick glance it looks like you're missing a ` at the end of this line

string $grabEnd[] = `sl -sl -tl l;

before the ;

Don't have maya open atm but that looks like it.
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# 3 04-05-2015 , 03:33 PM
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At a quick glance it looks like you're missing a ` at the end of this line

string $grabEnd[] = `sl -sl -tl l;

before the ;

Don't have maya open atm but that looks like it.
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# 4 04-05-2015 , 08:32 PM
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That's the first thing I noticed. Maybe you could give the people offering this course a heads up as I'm sure there are other people ripping their hair out about this haha.


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