A young Post graduate from my old animation course, recently shared the maya Comet resource page, excitedly proclaiming
all the great extra functionality he had found. functions such as... : - *autoTangent* - Animation utility for nicely smoothing tangents but without overshoot. - *cometAttrEditor* - Quick attribute utility to re-order attrs up or down in the channel box. - *cometJointOrient* - Complete Joint Orient script for properly setting up joint axis - *cometMenu* - Builds a menu for all of the scripts found here. - *cometMirrorMesh* - Modeling util for polygon point mirroring, selecting, storing and more. Good for blendshape creation. Requires my free PoseDeformer plugin as it uses one of the nodes. - *cometRename* - Nice rename utility with complete Search/Replace, Prefix, Suffix and AutoNumbering. - *cometSaveWeights* - Save and Reload skin weights by point order or point position. - *cometSkinWeight* - A nice simple UI for setting weights without having to use the Component Editor. - *cometTransferWeights* - Transfer skin weights from one or more joints onto another. - *libBubbleSort* - MEL Library routines for custom bubble sort and comparison procs - *libMirror* - MEL Library routines for mirroring object transforms. - *libSkin* - MEL Library routines for working with skinClusters. - *libString* - MEL Library routines for working with strings. - *mirrorSelX/Y/Z* - Mirrors control objects for rotation behavior - *offsetConstraint* - Lets you set up a Point or Orient contraint keeping offsets using an extra group. - *snaps* - Basic snapping routines for snapping one object onto another. - *toggleAffected* - Toggles the pink Maya display of affected nodes in the viewport. - *toggleIsolateSelect* - Quick way to isolate select objects off and on in a viewport. - *toggleWireframeOnShaded* - Toggles a viewports wireframe on shaded display. - *toggleXRay* - Toggles a viewports XRay display. - *wireShape* - Builds a number of custom control curve shapes. - *zeroOut* - Zero out controls/transforms by inserting an extra group in the hierarchy. Maya Plug-Ins *PLEASE NOTE: I am not supporting these plug-ins past Maya version 8.0. I do not have compiles for Maya 8.5, 2008 or after, if you wish to use it with these versions you must compile it yourself.* Posted in the complete incomprehension, that these features missing from Maya, is not a good thing. I remember exhibiting a similar thrill when having managed to create my own MEL pivot align script, until it hit me that i had just spent half a day creating compensations for a pre-existing feature universally accepted and integrated in every other DCC nae CAD nae PPS in the World ! ...FOREVER !!! I have not checked but how many of these simple as fuck features have made there way into Maya 2015 release ? On 16 March 2014 02:23, Eric Thivierge <ethivie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hahaha, this list needs more Brad. It's been a sad sight with your > absence. :) > > -------------------------------------------- > Eric Thivierge > http://www.ethivierge.com > > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Bradley Gabe <witha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTv1Dmu5CYc&t=0m33s >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 8:30 PM, David Saber <davidsa...@sfr.fr> wrote: >> >>> I read all these threads and the general feeling I get is: people are >>> accepting what's happening... But didn't we accept too much since 2008? >>> >>> AD acquisition, AD not promoting Softimage, AD kicking Softimage's >>> original developers: for all these slaps, we grumbled then we accepted. Now >>> AD kills Softimage: we grumble then we accept! We're even helping AD to >>> improve Maya! >>> >>> The last request to AD from our community is to keep Softimage half >>> alive with some small fixes from time to time. I have a question for those >>> who requested it: if AD grants you that, and if Softimage becomes a >>> stagnant living dead app, will you be happy? Will you thank AD for that? >>> >>> Now AD says with some workflow ideas from Softimage, the future of Maya >>> is bright (click). Do you buy it? Can they do it? A true nonlinear >>> workflow? A modern GUI where everything is drag and droppable? A render >>> region? An explorer so complete? A true animation mixer? >>> >>> If Ad asks you to leave your young beautiful wife, and choose your fat >>> ugly mother in law instead, would you accept? >>> >>> Why not keeping Softimage's development instead! It already has a solid >>> ground for improvements. When V7 came out and ICE was making a lot of buzz, >>> who in this community would have thought our software of choice (and us) >>> would head for this situation? It's like XSI was an orphan child, adopted >>> by some cold, silent parents, who do not understand his talent or even his >>> culture. They see no use for him so they kill him. >>> >>> Enough! Screw the fifth stage of grief! Acceptance? What AD is doing is >>> NOT acceptable. Everyone should go back to stage 2: RAGE. I'd just like to >>> see more fighting spirit here. Something should be possible to stop this >>> madness and to bring XSI back to the time it was dazzling everyone. The >>> open letters and Pooby's project are great initiatives. These days I'm >>> contacting all my friends to ask them to sign the petition. Perhaps I'm >>> unrealistic, but I can't let XSI die without a fight. >>> >>> David >>> >> >> >
