Maya/Mel: query highpoly count from sub-d model

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  Lamont polycounter lvl 16

  Sep 2012

  I think it is whatever the current polycount get the number of quads and multiply by 4*Level, and tris are multiplied by 3*Level, then add the result of each.
  
  I think that is it. Do the math with an example item and see if it works.

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  haiddasalami polycounter lvl 14

  Sep 2012

  I think the fastest way would be to query the heads-up display with the flag -preset polyTriangles. I haven't checked it out but looks like it should do that job
  
  http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/Commands/headsUpDisplay.html

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  fade1 polycounter lvl 18

  Sep 2012

  @lamont: right. that should work for quads and tris. i will try this, if i can't query the HUD count.
  @haiddasalami
  i tried that. but somehow i can't get the value out of it..do you know the right syntax?

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  haiddasalami polycounter lvl 14

  Sep 2012

  Hey sorry fade1, was busy with some stuff. After some inspection and looking at the commands more in depth i found you can query the result by doing this:
  

  string $array[] = `headsUpDisplay -q -sr HUDPolyCountTriangles`;
  

  
  Got the name through the mel files in startup in the initHudScripts file.

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  fade1 polycounter lvl 18

  Sep 2012

  thanks for your help. i'm fine now.
  how could i not see the -sr flag in the maya mel doc...actually i'm loooking for verts, but with that info that's a piece of cake(HUDPolyCountVerts)

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