[Maya-Python] Re: Nearest Point On Mesh in Maya

2017-05-05 Thread Robert White
` is usually referred to as the backtick. On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 4:09:37 PM UTC-5, Michael Boon wrote: > > The little apostrophe character you're using should be `, not ' > On a US keyboard, that's the key above Tab. I don't know what it's called > (and I've never seen it used for anything o

Re: [Maya-Python] Re: Nearest Point On Mesh in Maya

2017-05-05 Thread Alok Gandhi
The little apostrophe character you're using should be `, not ' On a US keyboard, that's the key above Tab. I don't know what it's called (and I've never seen it used for anything other than MEL). Use of backticks (``) is rare in python, but they are legal in python 2.x (deprecated in python 3) and

[Maya-Python] How to create a node editor and display a list of nodes in it?

2017-05-05 Thread Chad_Fox
Hi all I'm trying to write a script to display a node editor, populate it with a given list of nodes and frame them. Unfortunately when running in python, maya mostly only completes the first step of displaying the scriptedPanel node editor I'm making. Occasionally when running this code I do g

[Maya-Python] Re: Finding and selecting fliiped (red-colored) UVs

2017-05-05 Thread likage
Alright, I have misunderstand. Yes I think I will stick to the cmds command as it is faster and easier to maintain like you have mentioned. Appreciate for the information on the API and PyMel etc. :) Cheers! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python

[Maya-Python] Use AbcExport plugin externally to convert obj to abc

2017-05-05 Thread likage
Hi all, I am trying to convert objects (.obj) into alembics (.abc) While I am able to perform this by importing my objs into a maya scene and export it as alembic, is there a way in which I can run it externally out of Maya session? Such that I can try running it as a command line or somewhat,

Re: [Maya-Python] Use AbcExport plugin externally to convert obj to abc

2017-05-05 Thread Paul Molodowitch
you can just use mayapy, then invoke the AbcExport plugin from there. On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 4:38 PM likage wrote: > Hi all, I am trying to convert objects (.obj) into alembics (.abc) > > While I am able to perform this by importing my objs into a maya scene and > export it as alembic, is there

Re: [Maya-Python] How to create a node editor and display a list of nodes in it?

2017-05-05 Thread Justin Israel
On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 10:11 AM Chad_Fox wrote: > Hi all > > I'm trying to write a script to display a node editor, populate it with a > given list of nodes and frame them. Unfortunately when running in python, > maya mostly only completes the first step of displaying the scriptedPanel > node edi