From a string in a integer variable, you get; xmin, xmax, ymin,ymax,zmin,zmax ? Backticks is how you get data in MEL, what is the difference between setAttr("mySphere1.translateX".10); setAttr mySphere1.translateX 10; ============================== $a = getAttr ("mySphere.translateX"); $b = `getAttr mySphere.translateY`;