Script Error Replacing the old model #MEL

jayantbhatt007

Hi, I'm working on a free Nut_Bolt script but I'm getting an error. Let's say I'm Importing the Bolt_01  it's snapping to the selected face but again when I run this script on a new selected face it's taking back Bolt_01 to the origin. It shouldn't happen like that. For more  REFER VIDEO.

 

{
// create a window
window -title "jay" -menuBar true -w 220 -h 200 "";
// define the layout of controls added
// to the window.
columnLayout;
// create a collapsible frame layout
frameLayout -collapsable true -label "Nuts";

// add the other controls
flowLayout -columnSpacing 1 -w 220 -h 30;
symbolButton -image "commandButton.png" -command "sample_Proc";

setParent ..;


// show the window we last created
showWindow;;
}

proc Pipe_01_Proc()
{
    string $sel_faces[] = `ls -sl `;
    string $file_Path = (`internalVar -userPrefDir`) + "icons/3DG_Nut/Mesh/Pipe_01.fbx";
    file -import $file_Path;
    rename "Pipe_01" "Pipe_01_Placed";
    select $sel_faces[0] "Pipe_01_Placed";
    float $rsScale = size($sel_faces);
    scale -r $rsScale $rsScale $rsScale "Pipe_01_Placed";
    string $rspointOnPolyConstraint[] = `pointOnPolyConstraint -offset 0 0 0  -weight 1 `;
    delete $rspointOnPolyConstraint;
    makeIdentity -apply true -t 1 -r 1 -s 1 -n 0 -pn 1;
    makeIdentity -apply false -t 1 -r 1 -s 1;
    CenterPivot;
    xform -cpc;
   
}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ao8VO8beI

Panupat

Because you're hard coding the bolt name "Bolt_01" but when you rename you are renaming "nut_01"

What you need to do is to capture the actual name generated with the import

string $current_bolt = `file -import "E:/Bolt_01.ma"`;

And use $current_bolt for move/constraint/etc.

jayantbhatt007

Panupat said:

Because you're hard coding the bolt name "Bolt_01" but when you rename you are renaming "nut_01"

What you need to do is to capture the actual name generated with the import

string $current_bolt = `file -import "E:/Bolt_01.ma"`;

And use $current_bolt for move/constraint/etc.

Hi. when my file is .ma everything is fine but when I try to import fbx file format again I'm getting the same error and I changed the code as you said.

Panupat

Ah sorry I didn't try it with FBX. Apparently, importing .fbx does not return the object name the way .ma does so maybe hard coding the object name is the way to go.