Python in Maya
Must import maya.cmds as something, anything works but cmds is good for clarity.
Maya specific commands must be preceded with cmds, for example cmds.object().
You can create a cube with cmds.polyCube
Can parent with cmds.parent, and group with cmds.group.
cmds.rotate, cmds.move, and cmds.scale can all be used when an object is selected.
Python/Maya code for a simple interface (so I don't forget):
import maya.cmds as cmds
if cmds.window ("my_Window exists = True):
cmds.deleteUI("my_Window")
window = cmds.window("my_Window", title="Long Name", iconName="Short Name"), widthHeight = (200, 55))
cmds.columnLayout(adjustableColumn=True)
cmds.button(label = "Do Nothing")
cmds.button(label = "Close"), commands("cmds.deleteUI(/"'+ window + '/", window=True)'))
cmds.setParent ('..')
cmds.aboveWindow (window)
Code for creating a 3d pyramid. Took a while to figure this one out, which maybe it shouldn't have done, and the way that I did do it was a way I wasn't supposed to do it anyway, but here it is if I need it.
class layer_creator:
def __init__(self, name, width, depth, height):
self.name = name
self.width = width
self.depth = depth
self.height = height
def createLayer(self):
cmds.polyCube(n = self.name, w = self.width, d = self,depth, h = self.height)
cmds.move(x/2, z = true)
#this second part of the createLayer moves the cubes across the z axis so that they are not mirrored across the bottom, which was a roundabout way of solving the problem that the program wasn't the most straightforward way of creating a pyramid in the first place.
x = 1
layer_1 = layer_creator("layer1", x*5, x*5, x*1)
layer_2 = layer_creator("layer2, x*4, x*4, x*2)
layer_3 = layer_creator("layer3, x*3, x*3, x*3)
layer_4 = layer_creator("layer4", x*2, x*2, x*2)
layer_5 = layer_creator("layer5, x*1, x*1, x*5)
Programming for Animation Devblog
Status | In development |
Category | Other |
Author | phocion1 |
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