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Automated unwrapping of multiple objects using scripting

I have a quick question, that hopefully someone on here can help me with. I have a lot of small objects that I would like to unwrap (250 or so)...

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by bendingiscool

19-05-2008|03:12 AM

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Automatically execute Python-Script when Maya loaded

Hey there, short but very important question: Is it possible to load and execute a Python-Script after Maya loaded successfully? With the...

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by stwert

01-12-2013|03:04 PM

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Automatically rename objects and their children

Hi, I have an issue, I have 2000 objects and some of them have children. At max each object has two more children. At minimum, objects has one...

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by lauris47

30-07-2018|11:19 AM

Replies: 1

Automating simple tasks, new to scripting

Hey guys, I'm not new to Maya, but I'm super new to scripting. I was hoping someone could help me kind of cobble together a script or two. I've been...

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by Myselfsama

26-07-2016|09:59 AM

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avoidance behaviour

Hi, I have a Rigid Body cylinder pottering around a scene driven by some simple expressions on the impulse. What I would like to do is avoid / go...

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by bendingiscool

11-11-2008|05:27 AM

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Babby buggy

Hi all. I need to animate a baby buggy but I want to create a expression so the when the buggy is translated in the +x and -x direction I want the...

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by Stephen

24-09-2006|09:33 AM

Replies: 2

Basic MEL

Hi Having moved onto Maya LT and lost Python, I'm struggling with MEL. This seems really basic but I cannot work it out. I am creating a window...

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by PiratePete

26-10-2015|02:01 PM

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basic MEL help please

Hi there. I want to create the effect of sheet lightning, by randomising the intensity of a point light. I can get this to happen, but i need...

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by Binabik

27-07-2004|12:21 AM

Replies: 6

Batch Command to Snap pivot to 0,0,0

Hello everyone, I have a situation that root bone pivots on different poses are all at slightly different position and I need them be at 0,0,0,...

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by djidji

23-10-2021|03:29 PM

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Batch file export

I'm trying to call my own export plugin via the maya -batch -file .... "file -exportAll" at this point I have no idea how to call my own plugin and...

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by mark_wilkins

12-03-2003|08:53 AM

Replies: 1

Batch render different frames into different directories

I just want to automate this with mel. I thought "How hard could it be?"... HA! I just to make a mel script that will: render frames 1-10 into...

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by danielames

22-06-2012|06:01 PM

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BETA testers wanted for : Distributing scripts.

Hi, Let me introduce myself first, My name is Jouri and I enjoy programming, new challenges and to improve things. So that been said, I...

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by Jouri

07-12-2011|04:33 PM

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bFlocking artificial flocking tool | Page: 1 2

Here's a custom Maya tool I've written in Python to generate artificial flocking or 'boids' based on the work of Craig Reynolds. Its an early version...

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by t1ck135

07-09-2007|11:38 AM

Replies: 27

BlackLight Renderer | Page: 1 2

I'm at it again! This time I'm writing a path tracer (unbiased) with a whole different program heirarchy to allow for imports and exports! I'll...

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by bendingiscool

22-09-2008|03:10 AM

Replies: 15

Bone Selection / Deselection Code Equivalent

Hi there, I'm writing a script that automatically prevents bones from being selected when I'm trying to modify control vertices on a curve. ...

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by MarCoder

20-07-2016|12:59 AM

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Bug in MEL

I've posted this to couple of other forums too. What am I doing wrong or is there a bug in the switch statement? { int $a = -5; ...

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by kbrown

10-12-2003|09:54 PM

Replies: 9

Bullet physics MEL expression HELP!!

Hi I have a ball in maya bullet physics, I want its velocity in (x) direction to have a certain value (-5 for example) but at frame 100 I wrote...

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by black H

22-09-2013|11:35 AM

Replies: 4

ButtonImage Transparency

Hello! :) I'm currently making a GUI for a Maya plug-in, and I am going to have some buttons on there that has to have some transparent parts....

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by arneoog

03-08-2006|12:13 PM

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Calculating acceleration between two keyframes?

Hello (first post)! I'm a little embarrassed to ask this but can anyone show me (via a MEL script) that calculates a curve's acceleration between...

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by quivil

27-01-2015|07:21 PM

Replies: 6

camera filmback mel

hi there, iam writing a simple script that will change the filmback settings of the camera and the settings of the render globals, so i have a...

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by olivermagno

07-06-2003|04:10 AM

Replies: 14

Camera set up script

Hey everyone, Ok I decided to make my camera setup that I use alot into a script and would like it to do a few things but can't figure out how to add...

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by Grayth

18-10-2005|05:23 PM

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Camera setup script finished..enjoy

here's a script I've been working on. It'll make camera animation alot easier. Some people have helped me create it when I got stuck on the coding,...

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by Grayth

25-10-2005|07:41 PM

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Can MEL do this?

Just wondering if it was possible (with mel) to design this interface: http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~hbizira/dkp/charInterface_v2_body_v4.jpg

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by nnng2001

27-01-2006|08:49 PM