How do I get the polySmoothNode...

[john_homer]

select all the objects you want to do it to and run the following..
note.. change the value of $divisionInt in teh first line to whatever you want.


int $divisionInt = 0; // divisions will be set to this value
string $sel[] = `ls -sl`; // get the selection
for ($current in $sel) // for each on in the selection
{
string $histList[] = `listHistory $current`; // get all of the objects history
string $smoothNodes[] = `ls -type "polySmoothFace" $histList`; // list the items in history that are smooths
setAttr ($smoothNodes[0] + ".divisions") $divisionInt; // set the divisions
}


.j

[nelsonteixeira]

Thank you Homer, that´s just what I needed! And thank you for being so active on this forum!
I´ve learned a lot from your posts at this great forum!! :bowdown:

[GennadiyKorol]

In case you're writing something similar to the subdivision surface display options but for polygons, this could be interesting for you:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2467974&postcount=208

[john_homer]

thanks nelson, nice to hear ;)

haha nice one mr.Hawk... I'm sure most these things get done a few times...
I guess writing mel is just more fun than searching ;)

c ya
.j

[jdj]

Hi,

Just my $0.02: you can oalso set the nodeState to "has no effect" and the mesh will flow through your polySmooth node unaltered - this way you do not need to remember what setting your subdivision parameter had before you turned it off if you want to turn the effect back on again.

Cheers!
/ Daniel

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