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1. Script for changing grid size in Maya?

   

   Topic by jordank95 · Mar 2021 · Home› Technical Talk

   Looking for a MEL script to change grid size in Maya by powers of 2. Its annoying to go through this manually every time I want to change the grid size when working on modular sets. Anyone know of one? Im pretty useless when it comes to programming it myself. 

2. Re: Script for changing grid size in Maya?

   

   Reply by rekab · Mar 2021 · Home› Technical Talk

   No prob -- Happy to help

3. Re: Script for changing grid size in Maya?

   

   Reply by jordank95 · Mar 2021 · Home› Technical Talk

   @rekab Yes! This is perfect! This is why I love this community. Thanks a ton my friend. 

4. Re: Script for changing grid size in Maya?

   

   Reply by rekab · Mar 2021 · Home› Technical Talk

   Here you go. -- Make two MEL shelf buttons. Then, here's the MEL code for shelf button 1: //turn off undo undoInfo -stateWithoutFlush false; //query current grid divisions int $gridDivs = `grid -q -divisions`; //calculate new divisions $gridDivs = $gridDivs * 2; //query current grid spacing int $gridSpacing = `grid -q…