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Javier3D
05-04-2004, 03:14 PM
Hello out there :

I´m trying to execute bakeResults:

string $time = ("\"" + $init + ":" + $end + "\"" ) ;

Having time ( string ):

$time = "0:170"

So I execute bakeResults on that time:

bakeResults -simulation true -t $time -sampleBy 2 ... -shape false $selection;

Getting this error message:

// Error: line 1: Invalid time unit: "0:170" //

But if I specify on the command:

bakeResults -simulation true -t "0:170" -sampleBy 2 ... -shape false $selection;

And the bake goes on.....
Any idea about why ??
dwalden74
05-04-2004, 05:14 PM
Hi javier-

yea, I´ve seen this a lot when dealing with keyframes, keytangents etc via MEL. At the moment I can´t remember what exactly the reason was, but I know that the solution is to create your command as a string, then evaluate that string:

eval ("bakeResults -simulation true -t " + $time + " -sampleBy 2 ... -shape false " + $selection);

this should do it for you.

-David
Javier3D
05-04-2004, 05:18 PM
Sure! I just fixed it with eval.

Thank you so much !!
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