thank you Paul-- this was just a learning exercise mostly--setting up a series of sequential extrudes in a loop; I got confused when I couldn't simply key the '.f[1]' before and after the extrude, so I thought I might be going about it incorrectly once it finally worked--sounds funny, I know LML
On Mar 2, 10:24 pm, Paul Molodowitch <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, without looking into the details of the extrude face node, what you're > doing seems to make basic sense... create an extrude node, then keyframe the > amount of extrusion... > > Not sure if that was just sample / test code, or what you're planning to to > end up using... but if it's the latter, I'd suggest not using hard-coded > names.. > - Paul > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:05 PM, LML <[email protected]> wrote: > > hello all > > > stumbling through pymel a bit here; would appreciate some advice > > > curious to know if this is a legitimate way to keyframe an extruded > > face--I have a feeling it is too complex; > > my earlier attempts were to try keying before and after the extrude-- > > but the first keyframe kept disappearing...this seems to work now > > but ...? > > > pm.select(obj+'.f[1]', r=True) > > pm.polyExtrudeFacet(ltz=0) > > pm.setAttr('polyExtrudeFace1.translateY', 0) > > pm.setKeyframe('polyExtrudeFace1.translateY', t=1) > > pm.setAttr('polyExtrudeFace1.translateY', 1) > > pm.setKeyframe('polyExtrudeFace1.translateY', t=20) > > > -- > >http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
