getting xray on the shelf

Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i

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# 1 15-04-2004 , 08:02 PM

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I cant get the xray option on my shelf like you do everything else??

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# 2 15-04-2004 , 08:31 PM

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there is a mel script right here in the download section of this site
https://www.simplymaya.com/download_p...id=10&typeid=4

you can use this on your shelf to operate the x-ray view.

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# 3 20-04-2004 , 09:18 PM

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ok I've got it downloaded now what do I do?

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# 4 20-04-2004 , 09:28 PM

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ok you have to put the Mel script in your scripts folder , which if you are using windows will be in C;/Document & Settings/your user name/ My Documents/Maya.
then type the name of the script into the comand line in maya and rightclick & highlight it.Then middle mouse button drag the script to the shelf of your choice.

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# 5 20-04-2004 , 09:42 PM

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I'm getting a Syntax Error. Is it only for Maya 4.5?

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# 6 20-04-2004 , 09:47 PM

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make sure you copy the script name exactly with no spaces and dont type the (.mel) just the name of the script.

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# 7 21-04-2004 , 07:31 AM

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done all that and it still doesn't work user added image

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# 8 21-04-2004 , 07:58 AM

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Hmmm.... well all I can suggest is that google for a different toggle x-ray.mel and try that....sorry !
Unless someone else has any ideas.

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# 9 25-04-2004 , 04:57 PM

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I googled practically all over the internet but didn't find the right plugin for maya 5.0! (xray_plugin)

Anybody did ?

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# 10 26-04-2004 , 07:05 AM

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Try this one, it should do the trick.

Copy past to your MEL editor middel drag to your shelf.

string $sel[];
int $temp[];
int $value;

$sel = `ls -sl -dag -ap -typ surfaceShape`;

for ($obj in $sel){
$temp = `displaySurface -q -xRay $obj`;
$value = $temp[0];
if ($value == 1)
displaySurface -xRay 0 $obj;
else
displaySurface -xRay 1 $obj;
}

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