snapVertsToZero_X.mel

# 1 06-03-2006 , 12:41 AM

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I´ve been working on this for some time now and finally got it working yippeee!

// snapVertsToZero_X.mel
// this script selects borderVerts and snaps them to 0 on x-axis
// select your object and execute

global proc snapVertsToZero_X(){
ConvertSelectionToVertices;
SelectPolygonSelectionBoundary;

// filter selected points
string $selVerts[] = `filterExpand -fullPath 1 -expand 1-sm 31`;
string $vtx;

//select each vertex in array
for ($vtx in $selVerts){

//and snap it to x-axis
setAttr ($vtx + ".pntx") 0;

}
}

everything starts and ends in the right place at the right time.

Last edited by Falott; 07-03-2006 at 04:47 PM.

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# 2 08-03-2006 , 09:59 AM

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This brings to mind a question I have had for some time, it must be a specific setting in Maya that I am unaware of, but it use to be, if I was using the snap to grid function, and I had for example 3 vertexes that are not aligned with each other, and I want to snap them all to the grid, I would could select them all, hit the "w" key and move them and they would ALL line up to the grid, despite the fact that they were offset from each other.

However, if I try that now, it does not work that way anymore . . . only one vertex snaps to the grid, and the other ones remain offset. . . . So I have to select each individual vertex to get the thing lined up to the grid . . . uhhhh! . . . :headbang:

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# 3 08-03-2006 , 10:22 AM

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since I can remember, this never worked for me. whenever selecting offsetted vertices, I always thought that the selGroups pivotpoint snaps to grid. maybe writing a tool would be fun.

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# 4 08-03-2006 , 10:36 AM

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I would try to scale the selected group of vertices in the specific axis needed down to zero, and in the next step snap them all to grid, or something like that?

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# 5 08-03-2006 , 10:41 AM

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That's a two-step process, but I guess it is a solution! I checked the preferences, and could not find any way to modify settings there, I was just thinking that there might be some setting you can change, because in earlier versions of Maya I was a ble to do it.

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