Maya [python] mirror script help

bcottage · Nov 2014

Hey guys,

All I am trying to do is to make a little python script to make my selected object mirror in the x,y,z axis.

import maya.cmds as cmds
faceSel = cmds.ls(sl=True)
cmds.polyMirrorFace( faceSel, p=(20, 0, 0), mm=0 )

Now this mirrors my object on the x axis fine but i cant seem to get it to mirror on the other axis?

also...is it possible to mirror from the pivot point and for the mirror to not weld the mirror object? i am guessing that is what mm=0 is for right?

bcottage · Nov 2014

cmds.polyMirrorFace( faceSel, worldSpace=1, direction=0, mergeMode=0 )

Ok so i found that the direction = to the axis (0-5) but still cant figure out how to mirror from the objects pivot point.

GlowingPotato · Nov 2014

search for the xform command.

kodde · Nov 2014

The [0]'s are because the commands return lists and I just want the first object in the returned list. I.e. will only work with one object selected. The %s is compounding a string, the %s gets replace with the content after the last %(myObj in this case). Getting the scalePivot will get the objects position in world space, even if you've freezed transforms.

import maya.cmds as cmds
myObj = cmds.ls(sl=True)[0]
myObjPos = cmds.getAttr('%s.scalePivot'%myObj)[0]
cmds.polyMirrorFace( myObj, p=myObjPos, mm=0 )

bcottage · Nov 2014

Once again kodde you blow my mind. Can i keep you?

passerby · Nov 2014

If you did it in a for loop as opposed to just using [0] you could have it work on multiple objects at once as well.

import maya.cmds as cmds

sel = cmds.ls(sl=True)
for obj in sel:
    myObjPos = cmds.getAttr('%s.scalePivot'%obj)[0]
    cmds.polyMirrorFace(obj, p=myObjPos, mm=0)

kodde · Nov 2014

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Maya [python] mirror script help

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