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[bendingiscool]

Wouldn't it be a better idea to either a. create the suction cup in code and store that as a variable, then you can access its controls each time you make a new one. Or b. have the sliders effect the item you have selected, so then you can just select the desired cup, and adjust that.

cheers,
Chris

[i9089303]

bendingiscool thanks for your reply, but I am not sure that I completely understood your advice.

What do you mean by creating a suction cup in code?

[Jacobborsting]

Its always a good idea to build your gui as an object where all the variables are children of that object. Its much cleaner and you wont run into problems with shares variables between instances of the same gui.

Below is your code in a class structure:
class suctionCup():
def __init__(self, winName="winTheWindow"):
self.winTitle = "Suction Cup Generator"
self.winName = winName
def create(self):
if cmds.window(self.winName, exists=True):
cmds.deleteUI(self.winName)

cmds.window(self.winName, title=self.winTitle)
value = 0.5
self.extrFirst = cmds.polyExtrudeFacet( kft=False, ltz=value, ls=(1, 1, 0) )
self.extrOutRing = cmds.polyExtrudeFacet( ls=(.3, .3, 0) )
self.extrSecond = cmds.polyExtrudeFacet( ltz=-(value/2))
cmds.columnLayout()
self.lengthSlider = cmds.floatSliderGrp( 'length', l='Length', cw3=(50,1,200), f=True,
min=0.01, max=1.0, fmn=0.01, fmx=100.0, v=0.5, s=0.01, dc=self.changeLength)
self.widthOutSlider = cmds.floatSliderGrp( 'widthOut', l='Width out', cw3=(50,1,200), f=True,
min=0, max=10, fmn=0, fmx=100.0, v=1, s=0.01, dc=self.changeWidthOut)
max = cmds.floatSliderGrp( 'widthOut', q=True, v=True )
self.widthInSlider = cmds.floatSliderGrp( 'widthIn', l='Width in', cw3=(50,1,200), f=True,
min=0, max=max, fmn=0, fmx=max, v=0.3, s=0.01, dc=self.changeWidthIn)

cmds.showWindow( self.winName )

def changeLength(self, arg=None):
length = cmds.floatSliderGrp( self.lengthSlider, q=True, v=True )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localTranslateZ' % self.extrFirst[0], length )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localTranslateZ' % self.extrSecond[0], -(length/2) )

def changeWidthIn(self, arg=None):
widthIn = cmds.floatSliderGrp( self.widthInSlider, q=True, v=True )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localScaleX' % self.extrOutRing[0], widthIn )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localScaleY' % self.extrOutRing[0], widthIn )

def changeWidthOut(self, arg=None):
widthOut = cmds.floatSliderGrp( self.widthOutSlider, q=True, v=True )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localScaleX' % self.extrFirst[0], widthOut )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localScaleY' % self.extrFirst[0], widthOut )

inst = suctionCup()
inst.create()

[i9089303]

Jacobborsting thank you so much.
I really appreciate your help.

[i9089303]

Jacobborsting, I tired to run the script but i cant.

a) I am running everything and then just the name of the class suctionCup() and all it gives me is that:
# Result: <__main__.suctionCup instance at 0x2E3FBE40> #

UPDATE: Ignore the above problem, I made it work but the problem b) exist.


b) Also looking this part of the code:
def create(self):
if cmds.window(self.winName, exists=True):
cmds.deleteUI(self.winName)

I am use this when I dont want to have twice the same window open, this is going to kill the window which exist with the same name. But I want to be able run this script many times and keep all the windows open in order to make changes, easy and fast. (I know that always can I have access to the extrude attributes from the attribute editor, but this can cost times when will be 100 suction cups open).

[Jacobborsting]

Then just remove the Ui checker:

class suctionCup():
def __init__(self):
pass
def create(self):
value = 0.5
self.extrFirst = cmds.polyExtrudeFacet( kft=False, ltz=value, ls=(1, 1, 0) )
self.extrOutRing = cmds.polyExtrudeFacet( ls=(.3, .3, 0) )
self.extrSecond = cmds.polyExtrudeFacet( ltz=-(value/2))
cmds.window( t='Suction Cup Generator', s=False)
cmds.columnLayout()
self.lengthSlider = cmds.floatSliderGrp( 'length', l='Length', cw3=(50,1,200), f=True,
min=0.01, max=1.0, fmn=0.01, fmx=100.0, v=0.5, s=0.01, dc=self.changeLength)
self.widthOutSlider = cmds.floatSliderGrp( 'widthOut', l='Width out', cw3=(50,1,200), f=True,
min=0, max=10, fmn=0, fmx=100.0, v=1, s=0.01, dc=self.changeWidthOut)
max = cmds.floatSliderGrp( 'widthOut', q=True, v=True )
self.widthInSlider = cmds.floatSliderGrp( 'widthIn', l='Width in', cw3=(50,1,200), f=True,
min=0, max=max, fmn=0, fmx=max, v=0.3, s=0.01, dc=self.changeWidthIn)

cmds.showWindow()

def changeLength(self, arg=None):
length = cmds.floatSliderGrp( self.lengthSlider, q=True, v=True )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localTranslateZ' % self.extrFirst[0], length )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localTranslateZ' % self.extrSecond[0], -(length/2) )

def changeWidthIn(self, arg=None):
widthIn = cmds.floatSliderGrp( self.widthInSlider, q=True, v=True )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localScaleX' % self.extrOutRing[0], widthIn )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localScaleY' % self.extrOutRing[0], widthIn )

def changeWidthOut(self, arg=None):
widthOut = cmds.floatSliderGrp( self.widthOutSlider, q=True, v=True )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localScaleX' % self.extrFirst[0], widthOut )
cmds.setAttr( '%s.localScaleY' % self.extrFirst[0], widthOut )

inst = suctionCup()
inst.create()

[i9089303]

Then just remove the Ui checker

that works, great thanks

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