Mirror poses in Maya via script?

Jedi · Mar 2012

del me

gilesruscoe · Mar 2012

Could use a getAttri / setAttri mel script which gathers all the attributes for loc and rot from the left side of the rig and applies them to the right side, would require writing bone names into a script, but if you intend on doing alot of mirroring it would save a lot of time.

Froyok · Mar 2012

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/animation/c/denny-s-character-mirrortable-utility

This can maybe help you ?

Jedi · Mar 2012

Froyok wrote: »

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/animation/c/denny-s-character-mirrortable-utility

This can maybe help you ?

Thanks.:thumbup:

Jedi · Mar 2012

Denny · Mar 2012

Hey, I'm the author of the script and found this thread by pure accident.

To be honest the script is kinda hard to work with to make it work like it is intended. You're mentioning crashes and such, mind if I give your scene a shot and see if I can setup a stable mirror table for you? There are some small rules to follow which I haven't documented that well.

Jedi · Mar 2012

Denny · Mar 2012

That's very weird. Could you try replicating the same thing with the cubes and see if there are any warning / error messages in the log window? I'm not pushing you to use the script, I'd just like to know what it is that's not working so I can fix it if that's ok?

(Blender rules by the way)

edit*
I just looked at your screenshot and noticed that it's mirroring only one controller and that's the one you have selected. Did you try deselect and press mirror to mirror the whole character? The script is selection sensitive.

Jedi · Mar 2012

delete

Denny · Mar 2012

I've been trying to make an automated version of the MirrorTable. It seems to work for simple rigs, the dependency graph is hell to traverse without the API.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1123397/scripts/mt_MirrorTable.mel (beta)

Could you give it a shot and see if it works for the rig? Open the scene (not referenced), run the script and follow the instructions that pops up.

Jedi · Mar 2012

delete

Denny · Mar 2012

You have to add all controls in the left list. If you look in the Mirror Table the left list only has R_Foot, COG and simplebot_rt_knee_py_ctrl. The right list only tells their targets on mirroring. So what happens is that only those three controls will receive mirror values.

When the script starts for the first time it asks for auto generation. (if not, delete mt_MirrorTable in the Outliner or select autogeneration through the Edit menu) Did you try to select all controls and use the Select option?

I do not recommend auto-generating for Morpheus, that rig is too complex and it would be best if a rigger made a mirror table for that rig.

Jedi · Mar 2012

Denny,

I got it to work with a character set.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl8CQ4N9jYo"]Mirror table with character set - YouTube[/ame]

Denny · Mar 2012

Awesome!

I'm so glad you got the script to work. The automated process is still in closed testing but I hope to get a stable version out soon.

Mirror poses in Maya via script?

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