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Use MEL to specify directory for File Dialog

I am working on a animation short with a group of about 8 people and we have an area where all the master files are stored. I want to keep my project...

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by discostu

14-07-2006|05:30 PM

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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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filter selection for quick edit

I often have to make the same corrections like change backface culling to a bunch of objects. instead of doing it all manually it would be great to...

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by MattTheMan

04-08-2006|10:03 PM

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need a mel script

Can anyone provide me with the "detachSurface" melscript which works in maya 6.5.This melscript cuts any polygonal object into any no.of desired...

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by lalit_wani

14-08-2006|12:42 AM

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creating menu

ok, this is a real noob question - and I feel ashamed even asking it - I´m trying to create a new menu and used the mel command ref but the...

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by Falott

04-09-2006|12:02 AM

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Toggle Isolate Selected

// Toggle Isolate Selected // string $visPanel=`getPanel -vis`; int $mode; if (size($visPanel)>0) { for ($panel in $visPanel) { if (`match...

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by Falott

05-09-2006|08:47 PM

Replies: 7

programmers needed

hiii cg people its like me AND OUR LIL TEAM IS DEVELOPING A ROLE PLAYING GAME.(CODE NAME:CITY OF FIVE ELEMENTS )AND ITS LIKE A MYTHOLOGICAL SORT OF...

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by kkashkaloti

06-09-2006|07:00 PM

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Rotating in relation to a particles direction.

Hi there. I have a polyplane that I would like to follow a particle. I have done the following the pariticle bit, but now I need to rotate the...

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by tigre

18-10-2006|10:50 AM

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Can you do MEL during a render?

Hi again. I have a lot of MEL questions. But I'll try and not to ask them (so you won't get tired of me). One question though: I know you can...

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by r303

18-09-2006|03:37 PM

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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

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Expression Timing?

Hi all! I'm new around here, but love this site. I sort of stumble on it by accident, but I VERY happy I did. Anyway, here's my question. Can...

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by Xander-0

26-09-2006|07:48 PM

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systematic scene/image plane setup with MEL

I am working on a project with someone and I need a mel script to set up image planes with certain positions and size attributes. I have tried...

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by Jasonnator

29-09-2006|10:56 AM

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radio buttons

I'm trying to figure out how to use radio buttons. I've got it part of the way in the attached script, but can't get it to query the label. Can...

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by Dann

30-09-2006|11:26 AM

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Obtaining Data From Graphs

Hi Guys Is there any way to get a set of data from a graph in maya, for example a data series of the points of which keys are set so that the...

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by gster123

22-10-2006|05:14 PM

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newbie quest.

what exactly is a mel script and how do i use them??? any answer would help unless of course its completly off topic...

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by vic39

01-11-2006|06:07 PM

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smart switch

I have a creature model that is basically just a body and 2 arms. The arms use an IK solver. The model is rigged so that I can move the body...

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by Velusion

25-10-2006|02:26 AM

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soBrowser now available for Maya !

Hi, I developed a browser for maya. soBrowser is a tool that enables saving maya scenes by thumbnail, writing explanations for scenes and reaching...

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by equinox

24-10-2006|03:56 PM

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contraining lots of objects

does anybody know of some code which allows me to orient- and point-constrain 200 objects to 200 other objects in another way than -> select -r...

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by Falott

28-10-2006|10:25 AM

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please,.. help an architecture student

I'm architecture studet and I'm doing my final project using .mel scripting to generate the design. I've made an script to create some boxes with...

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by laiamulet

02-11-2006|02:45 AM

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about global variables

I would like to ask if the global variable that I have defined in one of the scripts of the folder :my files>maya>scripts are loaded automatically,...

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by Alan

03-11-2006|10:06 PM

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SOS: architecture student needs more help

Here I show you one of the procedures that I've created,.. here I'm trying to get the attributes of the nurbs surface (accesibility) in 2 points for...

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by laiamulet

02-11-2006|02:16 AM

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help!!! how to define the position of one object in relation with a nurbs surface

I have several boxes and I need to get the Yvalue of one nurbs surface in the medium point of each box. Someone can help in how to script,.. how to...

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by Dann

04-11-2006|01:34 AM

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error: it is an undeclared variable, but...I've declared!

I have the main procedure called shoppingMall (). In this procedure I've defined the position of the boxes in world coordinates and after I call...

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by Alan

06-11-2006|01:51 PM