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Amaan
05-14-2002, 12:57 PM
Hi

I have a leg heirarchy, and the ankle joint is giving me coordinates relative to the hip joint (the parent). I want to get access to the world coordinates of the ankle joint through expressions and make them equal to another object's coordinates that is outside the leg heirarchy.

how do I do it? :)

thanks,
svenip
05-14-2002, 02:02 PM
mel command : move -ws will move it in worldspace.
with xform -q -ws you can get the worldspace of one object. without the -q you can manipulate it (maybe better then move)
Amaan
05-14-2002, 03:03 PM
hey thanks for the quick reply svenip :)

i think it is possible to mix mel scripts with regular expressions. I have 3 variables declared that contains the ws values that the sub-object in the heirarchy should be assigned. will the following command work?

xform -t -ws $xValue_ws $yValue_ws $zValue_ws

and how do I specify which object the 'xform' is applying to? Coz the object that I need to reposition in ws will not be selected while the expression is being evaluated.

Amaan
svenip
05-14-2002, 03:25 PM
xform -t -ws $xValue_ws $yValue_ws $zValue_ws nameofyourObject;
Amaan
05-14-2002, 03:43 PM
hey thanks a bunch! you really know ur Maya I suppose!
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