You might try piling up the refresh and the selection at the end of whatever is happening before with an executeDeferred.
import maya.utils as utils utils.executeDeferred("cmds.refresh();cmds.select(subd + '.sme[*][*]')") Are you trying to end what is happening at this selection, or is there something that you need to do with the selection after you've selected it? -JohnC On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Paul Molodowitch <elron...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I spoke too soon - still getting a crash when I'm selecting .sme[*][*] > in my own code, even with a refresh. Unfortunately, I'm not sure what > the key difference between it and the test case I already posted is... > > - Paul > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Paul Molodowitch<elron...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Yup, no more crash. Thanks for the workaround! > > > > - Paul > > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:39 PM, John Creson<johncre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I just took another look at the initial construct with an emphasis on > the > >> "avoid" question... > >> > >> > >> import maya.cmds as cmds > >> import maya.utils as utils > >> > >> polyCube = cmds.polyCube()[0] > >> subd = cmds.polyToSubdiv(polyCube)[0] > >> cmds.refresh() > >> cmds.select(subd + '.sme[*][*]') > >> > >> print(cmds.ls(sl=True)) > >> > >> > >> > >> the refresh seems to avoid this crash. > >> > >> Or in MEL (which also crashed without the refresh) > >> > >> string $polyCube[] = `polyCube`; > >> string $subd[] = `polyToSubdiv $polyCube[0]`; > >> refresh; > >> select -r ($subd[0] + ".sme[*][*]") > >> ls -sl > >> > >> Paul, is this acceptable to you for now? > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Dimitry <dima.archit...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> but if I trying to select unordered vertexes i got crash > >>> > >>> #unitMesh= ls(selection=True)[0] > >>> mc.select(clear=True) > >>> select (unitMesh.vtx[6422:6429], add=True) > >>> select (unitMesh.vtx[3273:3275, 3278:3279, 3282:3283, 3285], add=True) > >>> > >>> nows somebody how possible to avoid it? > >>> > >> > >> > >> >> > >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---