Hi everyone, it seems this amazing maya poly tools script is no longer available at creative crash when I first saw it and I was wondering if anyone has it and can share it. Thanks guys
It's time for Adsk to bough this essential scripts and integrate them into the Modeling tools from Maya. I can't live without the average tools for Modeling.
Quickly tested in Maya 2024.1 the Mirror and Regularize tabs, which is what I usually use in 2020.4.
Mirror seems to be broken for the most part. Played around with it with simple shapes and it wasn't behaving as expected.
As for the Regularize tab, everything seems to be working fine with the exception of straighten line with the "Even" option turned on. The edges get extended considerably which is not the default behaviour. I would need to use it in a modeling session to test it further but I don't work in 2024 yet.
Overall, the fact that the menu is launching and the regularize tab is working, a part from the specific case above, is a big win. When Python 3 first launched I even tried to get the script updated by a paid professional with little success. The flatten faces script with average normals is still the best out there and is the reason I had to stick to Python 2.
For anyone wanting or needing to use a newer version of Maya with Python 3 this is the setup I plan on using that emulates almost everything ZhCg was able to do (and in some cases more).
Thanks for trying it and finding those bugs @Mech_Addict. I Really do appreciate it. I must have completely missed testing the mirror tools. And thank you for the links to those other scripts. Looks like I'm gonna have to try them out.
I've fixed Straighten Line with even enabled (maya 2023). Gonna look at the mirror tools in a few days and see if I can fix those as well.
Finally had the chance to test it in Maya 2023.3. Everything is behaving as expected and working flawlessly. Thanks @BBQcake for saving the day! Have a good weekend folks.
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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1889770/ZhCG_polyTools_1.62.7z
Anybody has the fix?
I think the problem because Maya 2022 switched to Paython 3 by default.
I can't live without the average tools for Modeling.
I got a thought and it worked. I converted all the code from zhcg_polyTools.py to Python3. now everything works. I'm happy)
https://python2to3.com/
UPD: not all function working
https://mega.nz/file/nVoGhIIS#hcdC6wQOpuOHytMWJ-uQyGauf5zyHXFGbt6YeIzHVDI
I think I got everything working with my terrible python. Let me know if you find anything broken. Thanks
Install:
Copy zhcg_polyTools.py to your "My Documents\maya\your version\scripts" dir.
add to your userSetup.mel:
python("import maya.cmds as mc; import zhcg_polyTools");
Start Maya, "zhcg_polyTools" menu appeared in maya main menuBar.
Quickly tested in Maya 2024.1 the Mirror and Regularize tabs, which is what I usually use in 2020.4.
Mirror seems to be broken for the most part. Played around with it with simple shapes and it wasn't behaving as expected.
As for the Regularize tab, everything seems to be working fine with the exception of straighten line with the "Even" option turned on. The edges get extended considerably which is not the default behaviour. I would need to use it in a modeling session to test it further but I don't work in 2024 yet.
Overall, the fact that the menu is launching and the regularize tab is working, a part from the specific case above, is a big win. When Python 3 first launched I even tried to get the script updated by a paid professional with little success. The flatten faces script with average normals is still the best out there and is the reason I had to stick to Python 2.
For anyone wanting or needing to use a newer version of Maya with Python 3 this is the setup I plan on using that emulates almost everything ZhCg was able to do (and in some cases more).
https://monsterpuppetcorp.gumroad.com/l/planarize
https://im3djoe.gumroad.com/
https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/yrLKz/kt-modelingtoolset
By the way thanks @BBQCake for the effort. Have a nice day.
I've fixed Straighten Line with even enabled (maya 2023). Gonna look at the mirror tools in a few days and see if I can fix those as well.
Tried editing my OP with the new url but it's just stalling right now
https://github.com/bbqcake/ZhCG_PolyTools_2023