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# 1 28-06-2010 , 06:52 PM
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Hi has anyone managed to get Kari's refplanes mel script to work in Maya 2011 ?
it's fine in previous versions but now i cant seem to get it to recognize any image files .




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# 2 29-06-2010 , 01:17 AM
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What's the error? I could fix it up for you.


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# 3 29-06-2010 , 02:40 AM
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the first thing is that it gives a warning that -la/labelAlign flag is obsolete and should not be used.

other than that if i browse for an image to place in the top / side / front ect the image files dont show up in the browser yet they do if i want to add the image to a file texture node.




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# 4 23-07-2010 , 10:03 PM
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I have the same issue with Maya 2011. I just can't select a file. The script editor is showing following errors:


// Warning: The -lw/-labelWidth flag is obsolete and should not be used. //
// Warning: The -la/-labelAlign flag is obsolete and should not be used. //
fileDialog2 -fm 1 -ds 2 -dir "/Users/Peter/Documents/maya/projects/" -ff "Filtered Files (Apache)";

My project map is called Apache ("Filtered Files (Apache)"user added image !?

If I open a file just with the Maya file | import dialog the script editor is displaying the following line:

fileDialog2 -fm 1 -ds 2 -dir "/Users/Peter/Documents/maya/projects/Apache/" -ff "Filtered Files (*.*)";

Now it states *.*


I'm somewhat disappointed. The tutorial says Maya 6 and up
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# 5 23-07-2010 , 10:22 PM
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I got a little bit further

If I browse to the directory where my Images are standing and I type the exact name with extension inside the open dialog box then it creates the plane and I also got an extra warning:

// Result: /Users/Peter/Documents/maya/projects/Apache/sourceimages/lChassisReference.jpg //
// Warning: The -tx/texture flag is obsolete and will be removed in the next release. The -cuv/createUVs flag should be used instead. //
// Error: Nothing is currently selected. //


My Mel knowledge is at the moment of writing this message 4 hours and google is not providing the answers I want. Please help to fix these errors.



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# 6 24-07-2010 , 07:35 AM
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It's working. I modified especially the FileDialog command inside the refplanes script.

Bottom-point... This version should work with Maya 2011 and probable brakes with most earlier versions of Maya. user added image



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# 7 24-07-2010 , 08:11 AM
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I made a mistake with the upload. Here is the file :p




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# 8 24-07-2010 , 04:59 PM
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thank you it does indeed work user added image




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# 9 25-07-2010 , 07:41 AM
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It looks that a lot of Mel scripts will brake with Maya 2011.


Thanks for your reply.





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I made a mistake with the upload. Here is the file :p




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gona test it on maya 2012 64 bit tonight. hope it worksuser added image

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