mel in the digital tutors tutorials

[freudork]

there is a mel like this. but my maya 7 say there is something wrong with the 'ls -sl'.

string $mySelection[] = 'ls -sl';

setAttr -keyable false ($mySelection[0] + ".sx");
setAttr -keyable false ($mySelection[0] + ".sy");
setAttr -keyable false ($mySelection[0] + ".sz");

anyone know how to correct this?

[shk1101]

use back ticks `ls -sl`, next to number 1, instead of single quotes 'ls -sl'.

[freudork]

wht was wrong with this one? there is syntax error on the "proc attrRemover(String $myTranslate)".

window -title "remove attribute from channel box" -rtf true myControlWindow;

rowLayout -nc 3;

button -label "Translate" -c "attrRemover t" myTransT;
button -label "Rotate" myTransR;
button -label "Scale" myTransS;

showWindow myControlWindow;

proc attrRemover(String $myTranslate){

string $mySelection[] = `ls -sl`;

setAttr -keyable false ($mySelection[0] + ".sx");
setAttr -keyable false ($mySelection[0] + ".sy");
setAttr -keyable false ($mySelection[0] + ".sz");

}

[papa]

what is the error?

[freudork]

syntax error, man.

there is syntax error on the "proc attrRemover(String $myTranslate)".

[glick_c]

proc attrRemover(String $myTranslate)


proc attrRemover(string $myTranslate)

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[papa]

Yep you did a caps on the S in String. use lowercase like glick pointed out.

[freudork]

HM, million thanks............

later maybe more.

[papa]

In the future please create a help ticket in our helpdesk system.

[freudork]

i paste this into the editor, but there is nothing in the viewport. i move the script to the shelf.

global proc flowermaker () {

//build the petal
sphere -ax 0 1 0;
move 0 0 -1.6;
scale .7 .3 1.7;

}

[papa]

you have to call the procedure.

[freudork]

how to call the procedure?

why cant i simply copy and paste the code to the editor, then run it.

there is nothing in the viewport with this way.

[glick_c]

run your procedure by typing:
flowermaker ();

You can just put that at the end of your code or in a for loop or wherever you want.

[freudork]

i can run the script with the just the "flowermaker".

can i simply copy and paste the code on the editor to run? i cant.

and there is something wrong with this code. the cv seems to be not moving.


global proc flowermaker () {

//build the petal
sphere -ax 0 1 0;
move 0 0 -1.6;
scale .7 .3 1.7;

string $myPetal[] = `ls -sl`;

select ($myPetal[0] + ".cv[3] [7]");
move -r 0 1.5 0;

}

[glick_c]

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5387/petalad2.jpg

this is the image I get, what are you trying to do?

[freudork]

there is some thing i dont quite understand in this mel. i hope i get it correct here.

global proc flowermaker () {

int $numPetals = `rand 10 20`;
//why there are three no. in the ``

sphere -ax 0 1 0;
move 0 0 -1.6;
scale .7 .3 1.7;
FreezeTransformations;
ResetTransformations;

string $myPetal[] = `ls -sl`;

select $myPetal[0];
float $degreeApart = (360/$numPetals);
print $degreeApart;

for ($i = 0; $i <= $numPetals; $i++) {
duplicate;
rotate -r 0 $degreeApart 0;

float $petalRX = `rand -10 10`;
float $petalRY = `rand -10 10`;
float $petalRZ = `rand -10 10`;
//wht does this one mean. why it is not
float $petalRY = `-10 rand 10`;
then
rotate $petalRX $petalRY $petalRZ;

FreezeTransformations;

rotate $petalRX $petalRY $petalRZ;

}
}

there is another problem for my maya. everytime i adjust the mel, i need to restart the maya to run the mel.