How can i query that value ...!!

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Get the location of the current camera, get the location of the selected object and then do the calculation.

Like so:


proc float getDist()
{
string $currentPanel = `getPanel -wf`;
string $currentCamera = `modelPanel -q -cam $currentPanel`;
string $object[] = `ls -sl`;
float $distance;

if (!size($object))
error "Select Something";

float $camXforms[] = `xform -q -ws -t $currentCamera`;
float $objectXforms[] = `xform -q -ws -t $object[0]`;

float $dx = ($camXforms[0] - $objectXforms[0]);
float $dy = ($camXforms[1] - $objectXforms[1]);
float $dz = ($camXforms[2] - $objectXforms[2]);

$distance = sqrt(($dx*$dx) + ($dy*$dy) + ($dz*$dz));

return $distance;
}

getDist;


after looking at it a bit more, this will return a different value than what's listed in the HUD. However this will return the same value if you use the measure tools. I'm not sure how they calculate the HUD value.

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