CreateNURBSSphere;
setAttr "makeNurbSphere4.endSweep" 180;
rotate -r -os -90 0 0 ;
displaySmoothness -divisionsU 3 -divisionsV 3 -pointsWire 16 -pointsShaded 4 -polygonObject 3;
subdivDisplaySmoothness -smoothness 3;

select -r nurbsSphere4.u[1.53] ;
select -tgl nurbsSphere4.u[2.52] ;
InsertIsoparms;
insertKnotSurface -ch 1 -nk 1 -add 1 -ib 0 -rpo 1  -d 1  -p 1.53 -p 2.52;

nurbsToPoly -mnd 1  -ch 1 -f 2 -pt 1 -pc 200 -chr 0.1 -ft 0.01 -mel 0.001 -d 0.1 -ut 3 -un 2 -vt 3 -vn 2 -uch 0 -ucr 0 -cht 0.01 -es 0 -ntr 0 -mrt 0 -uss 1;

hilite nurbsToPoly4 ;
selectMode -component ;
select -r nurbsToPoly5.f[0:95] ;
polyProjection -ch 1 -type Planar -ibd on -md x nurbsToPoly4.f[0:95];
;
setAttr "polyPlanarProj2.rotateY" 0;
setAttr "polyPlanarProj2.rotateX" 90;
setAttr "polyPlanarProj2.projectionWidth" 7;
setAttr "polyPlanarProj2.projectionHeight" 7;

// I used the sphere command instead, and that needs an array to hold this return info.
// And for the sake of simplicity,  I only used the endSweep flag to show that you can cut out a lot of
// extra lines by using flags to set initial attributes.

string $makeBall[] = `sphere -endSweep 180`; 

// the actual object is the first item in the array. Even though you can use $makeBall[0] to act on the
// object, it's kinda messy looking.

string $ball = $makeBall[0];


// so now you can call on the $ball variable and do stuff to it

scale -relative 10 10 10 $ball;
setAttr ($ball + ".visibility") 0;

string $mesh[] = `nurbsToPoly

int $numFaces[] = `polyEvaluate -face $mesh[0]`;
string $projection[] = `polyProjection -ch 1 -type Planar -ibd on -md x ($mesh[0] + ".f[0:" + ($numFaces[0] - 1) + "]")`;
setAttr ($projection[0] + ".rotateY") 0;
setAttr ($projection[0] + ".rotateX") 90;
setAttr ($projection[0] + ".projectionWidth") 7;
setAttr ($projection[0] + ".projectionHeight") 7;