MEL command struggle - "polyChipOff"

[Segmoria]

This seems like it should do the job:
{
string $breakFaces[] =`ls -sl -fl`;
string $polyChipping = "polyChipOff -ch 1 -kft 0 -dup 0 -pvx 10.03513401 -pvy -0.7370185994 -pvz -0.08563854789 -tx 0 -ty 0 -tz 0 -rx 0 -ry 0 -rz 0 -sx 1 -sy 1 -sz 1 -ran 0 -off 0 -ltz 0 -ws 0 -ltx 0 -lty 0 -lrx 0 -lry 0 -lrz 0 -lsx 1 -lsy 1 -lsz 1 -ldx 1 -ldy 0 -ldz 0 -w 0 -gx 0 -gy -1 -gz 0 -att 0 -mx 0 -my 0 -mz 0";

for($face in $breakFaces)
{
$polyChipping += " " + $face;
}
eval($polyChipping);
polyPerformAction polySeparate o 0;
}

Though copying what the script editor spits out when a tool is used may not always be the right way to construct a script (in this case I'm refering to the use of the "polyPerformAction polySeparate o 0").

Anyway I also noticed in your above script that you use:
for( $x=0; $x<=$noOfBreakFaces; $x++)

which should be corrected to the following, to avoid trying to access invalid array elements:
for( $x=0; $x<$noOfBreakFaces; $x++)
or use the for/in loop for more convenience

Hope this helps!

[H3ro]

Thanks. Works perfect.

One more question:
How can I combine all of the seperated faces and store the new object in an array?

[Segmoria]

So you want to write a script that detaches the selected faces into another object? If so, there is already a script that does this exact task, it's called "Detach Seperate" and is very usefull indeed.
You can download it from here:
http://www.highend3d.com/maya/downloads/mel_scripts/polygon/1149.html

This script uses a different work-around to detaching the faces, not by using polySeparate or polyChipOff but by duplicating the object, deleting the selected faces from the first object and then deleting the inverted selection of the faces, that the user had made, from the second object. A very handy little script, I use it almost everyday.

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