whoops change this line of code:
FROM:
name = promptForName()
TO:
name = pm.promptBox('Enter Naming Scheme', "Enter:", "Okay" , "Cancel")
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Geordie Martinez <[email protected]
> wrote:
> Here is a pymel version of what you're trying to do. Maybe this can help
> you.
>
> import pymel.core as pm
> def renameChain(items=None):
> """renames a joint chain based on asterisk as a wildCard """
> items = items or pm.selected()
> name = promptForName()
> if not name:
> return
>
> num = 1
> for item in items:
> newName = name.replace("*","%s"%num)
> pm.rename(item, newName)
> num += 1
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:48 PM, j00ey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm learning some python, coming from a MEL background [though I'm no
>> expert in that either] and I'm trying to write a simple script to rename a
>> number of objects according to a user input name. I've got it to work but I
>> want it to test if there is no user input and if not [and the user didn't
>> press the cancel button] loop back and re-prompt for input.
>>
>> I was thinking something along the lines of this :
>> 1 - declare a procedure to do the renaming
>> 2 - prompt dialog
>> 3 - if the input is valid run the procedure, if not pop up a message and
>> ask whether to retry or cancel
>> 4 - if retry, run the procedure again
>>
>> but I came unstuck and I can't find anything to do with declaring a
>> procedure in pymel. Can anyone help? Here's what I've written so far.
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>> ##############################################################################################################
>>
>> #get selection
>>
>> sel=ls(sl=1)
>>
>> #get user input
>> input = promptDialog(t='New
>> Name',b=['OK','Cancel'],db='OK',cb='Cancel',ds='no input')
>>
>> #set base number to 1
>>
>> x=1
>>
>> #test user input and if not empty string, rename selected objects
>>
>> if input=='OK':
>> name=promptDialog(q=1, t=1)
>> if len(name) != 0:
>> for s in sel:
>> s.rename(name + str(x))
>> x+=1
>> else:
>> #if user has not input a valid string prompt to retry
>> message = confirmDialog(message ='Please enter a
>> name',b=['Retry','Cancel'],db='Retry',cb='Cancel',ds='Cancel')
>>
>>
>> ##############################################################################################################
>>
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