global float in {}?

[sunit]

global proc endpointer ()
{
string $currentselection[] = `ls -sl`;
string $shapenode[];
string $nodechecker;

if (size($currentselection) > 0){
// check to see if curve
//
$shapenode = (`listRelatives -pa -s $currentselection`);
$nodechecker = `nodeType $shapenode[0]`;
}

if ($nodechecker != "nurbsCurve"){
print "Selection was not a curve, creating default curve";
curve -d 3 -p 0 0 0 -p 1 4 0 -p 1.886928 7.619122 0 -p 2.58097 10.04827 0 -p 4.229321 12.781062 0 -p 6.26807 13.691993 0 -p 7.786288 13.691993 0 -k 0 -k 0 -k 0 -k 1 -k 2 -k 3 -k 4 -k 4 -k 4 ;
$currentselection = `ls -sl`;
}

else if ($nodechecker == "nurbsCurve"){
for ($current in $currentselection) {
string $shapenode[] = (`listRelatives -s $current`);
int $numCV = `getAttr -s ($shapenode[0]+".controlPoints")`;
float $lastsel = `select -r ($currentselection[0]+".cv["+($numCV-1)+"]")`;
float $xypos[] = `xform -ws -q -t`;
anoCurver $xypos $currentselection;
}
}
}

endpointer;



i've changed a couple of things as well as formatted the code (this was just for my own sake to be able to read it quickly).

i've bracketed your if/then statements, but if you have just have one line following the condition (or one loop, or one other condition) then you don't need the brackets.

i'm also checking that if you don't have anything selected, your script won't return an error (which it will, if you try to get the shapeNode of nothing).

in order for your variables to work in different loops and conditions, you want to make sure to declare them at the top level. then, when you define them, you don't need to tell maya again what type of variable it is (string, float, etc) and also whether or not it's an array. otherwise, you're just re-declaring the variable within a loop/condition, and the value for that variable can only be used within the loop/condition.

cheers,
sunit

[anopheles]

thanks a billion!

didn't think of declaring a variable outside the if statement.

thanks for putting the size command, you never know when your selecting nothing ;)

Da du in Deutschland lebst, hier nochmals danke in Deutsch:
Danke!

[anopheles]

Since I dont want to spam the forums with new threads here a new question ;)

How can I add to arrays together, like

float $firtarray = ``xform -ws -q -t`;
float $secondarray = `xform -ws -q -t`;
float $addition = `($secondarray) + ($firstarray)`;


What I want to do is add the x y z values individually into a "addition array".

Or is here the vector data type appropriate?

vector $firtarray = ``xform -ws -q -t`;
vector $secondarray = `xform -ws -q -t`;
float $addition = `($secondarray.x) + ($firstarray.x)
($secondarray.y) + ($firstarray.y)
($secondarray.z) + ($firstarray.z)`;
?
Thanks!

[sunit]

xform will only return float values. you can add the array like this:


float $first[3] = `xform -ws -q -t`;
float $second[3] = `xform -ws -q -t`;

float $third[3] =( {$first[0]+$second[0]), ($first[1]+$second[1]), ($first[2]+$second[2])};

viel glueck,
sunit

[anopheles]

Ich muss dich leider korrigieren, du hast ( und { verwechselt ;)

trotzdem vielen dank :)

float $first[3] = `xform -ws -q -t`;
float $second[3] = `xform -ws -q -t`;

float $third[3] = {($first[0]+$second[0]), ($first[1]+$second[1]), ($first[2]+$second[2])};

[anopheles]

okay,
this is the last mel specific question for this week (2hrs to go)!

Again this is curve related.
I want to connect the curve1.cv[1] xyz to a given object so something like this

connectAttr curve1.cv[1].ty cube1.ty

BUT individual CV's dont have a transform node, so there is no ...cv[1].ty

is there a workaround? I know you can query individual ones. What I want to do
is let a given object follow a cv.

Thanks!

[sunit]

you can do this a number of ways, but i would probably use a node network.

you can create a pointOnCurveInfo node, either by selecting the curve and "pointOnCurve -ch 1", or by "createNode pointOnCurveInfo". this node will output the worldspace position (i think it's world) of the u parameter that you give it (if your curve is normalized, then it ranges from 0 - 1). you can connect this attribute to the translate of an object ("connectAttr -f pointOnCurveInfo.position object.translate").

cheers,
sunit

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