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Mel script question need help with syntax and setAttr.
Hi there, I'm trying to use setAttr, but insert my own variable name from earlier in my script. I keep getting a syntax error, can anyone see what I'm doing wrong here. I'm trying to apply a planar map to a polygon object and then set the projection height to 400, but I can't figure out why my variable name is causing a… -
Re: Mel script question need help with syntax and setAttr.
You will need to learn string operation. When you encase your variable in double quotes, Maya is using it as is without evaluating it's value. It's been too long since I code in MEL, let me try this in Python. type="Planar", ibd=True, kir=True, md="y")[0]<br> cmds.setAttr('{}.projectionHeight'.format(myProjection),… -
Re: Mel script question need help with syntax and setAttr.
Here's the mel version, I modified it to work with multiple objects just in case. I didn't know about the curly braces thing with python, that's neat! Though in this case doing (myProjection = '.projectionHeight') would also work. $objs = `ls -sl`; for ($obj in $objs) { select $obj; ConvertSelectionToFaces; polyProjection… -
Re: Mel script question need help with syntax and setAttr.
Hi guys, thanks for your replies very helpful. My friend at work was also able to help me solve it by attacking the problem in a different way. ConvertSelectionToFaces; $selectedObject = `polyProjection -ch 1 -type Planar -ibd on -kir -md y`; setAttr ($selectedObject [0] + ".projectionHeight") 400; setAttr…
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