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lowkey
10-27-2002, 02:50 PM
hi all,

i'm customizing my marking menus to contain more views, but the problem i'm facing is that each command i'd like to execute is always related to a specific viewport-panel :

for example :

viewSet -rs `modelEditor -q -camera modelPanel1`;
editMenuUpdate MayaWindow|mainEditMenu;

switches viewport 1 into right view !

what i'd like to have is executing the command for the active viewport only, something like :

viewSet -rs `modelEditor -q -camera modelPanel*`;
editMenuUpdate MayaWindow|mainEditMenu;

which give me a syntax error ! :eek:

so, does anyone know how to adress the active viewport in mel ?!

thanks
-wT-
10-27-2002, 04:46 PM
Yup, I did this just a while ago, and you can do it this way:


string $theNameOfTheCurrentPanel = `getPanel -wf`; // This assigns the name of the currently selected panel to the variable "$theNameOfTheCurrentPanel"

viewSet -rs `modelEditor -q -camera $theNameOfTheCurrentPanel`; // And example on how to use the variable.


That should do it... oh damn I already miss my Maya days, solving simple problems with MEL was such a joy to me :hmm:
lowkey
10-27-2002, 04:56 PM
typed this :

viewSet -rs `modelEditor -q -camera $theNameOfTheCurrentPanel`;

unfortunately, this is what i got :

// Error: viewSet -rs `modelEditor -q -camera $theNameOfTheCurrentPanel`; //
// Error: "$theNameOfTheCurrentPanel" is an undeclared variable. //
editMenuUpdate MayaWindow|mainEditMenu;

what's wrong ?! did i make a mistake ?
:shrug:
-wT-
10-27-2002, 06:44 PM
Well did you write the

string $theNameOfTheCurrentPanel = `getPanel -wf`;

line before that?
If not, then add that one and it should work.
lowkey
10-27-2002, 07:39 PM
ahhh, now it works ! :thumbsup:

for those who're interested, this is the line to be added (in this case switch to 'right side') :

string $theNameOfTheCurrentPanel = `getPanel -wf`;
viewSet -rs `modelEditor -q -camera $theNameOfTheCurrentPanel`;

thanks a lot, man !
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