Share your shelves!!

#81

Hi! Gambit
its better to use icon files , you can create or change an bmp file to icon
file through photoshop or irfan view.

#82

what do you have for rigging in your shelves??

learning rigging at the moment and it would be cool if you could give me some tips

#83

Ok this isnt exactly a shelf button, but it makes life so much easier, especially when you use the shelves alot and ur in a hurry.

What it does is basically go to the next and previous shelves. i basically binded hotkeys to them. I dont know how to post pictures or files so im just going to past it in here… hehehe

------------------------------------ PREVIOUS SHELF --------------------------------

global proc prevShelf()
{

int $shelfSize = shelfTabLayout -q -nch MayaWindow|mayaMainWindowForm|formLayout2|formLayout14|formLayout15|formLayout49|ShelfLayout;

int $currentShelf = shelfTabLayout -q -sti MayaWindow|mayaMainWindowForm|formLayout2|formLayout14|formLayout15|formLayout49|ShelfLayout;

if($currentShelf > 1)

{

shelfTabLayout -e -selectTabIndex ($currentShelf - 1) MayaWindow|mayaMainWindowForm|formLayout2|formLayout14|formLayout15|formLayout49|ShelfLayout;

}

else

{

shelfTabLayout -e -selectTabIndex $shelfSize MayaWindow|mayaMainWindowForm|formLayout2|formLayout14|formLayout15|formLayout49|ShelfLayout;

}

} prevShelf();

----------------------------------------- NEXT SHELF ----------------------------------
[size=1]global proc nextShelf()

{

int $shelfSize = shelfTabLayout -q -nch MayaWindow|mayaMainWindowForm|formLayout2|formLayout14|formLayout15|formLayout49|ShelfLayout;

int $currentShelf = shelfTabLayout -q -sti MayaWindow|mayaMainWindowForm|formLayout2|formLayout14|formLayout15|formLayout49|ShelfLayout;

if($currentShelf < $shelfSize)

{

shelfTabLayout -e -selectTabIndex ($currentShelf + 1) MayaWindow|mayaMainWindowForm|formLayout2|formLayout14|formLayout15|formLayout49|ShelfLayout;

}

else

{

shelfTabLayout -e -selectTabIndex 1 MayaWindow|mayaMainWindowForm|formLayout2|formLayout14|formLayout15|formLayout49|ShelfLayout;

}

} nextShelf();

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#84

hi…
i dont know if its the right place to ask it…but i found it the best…
how i can make an icon on my shelf…that just pop up the script editor window or hypershader window…or paintFX visor window…

thx

#85

Is there a Mel out there that will reverse normals from the majority selected from a grope of normals facing the right way? Like if you have 40 normals facing out, then there are (let say) 15 facing in, having the ones facing in change their possession to the majority of (Hope that makes since). So if not, could some one make one. It would make reversing normals a lot faster to fix then going in and doing it one by one. You would be a Mel script God to the forum.:slight_smile:

#86

>>script editor window
showWindow $gCommandWindow;

>>hypershader window
HypershadeWindow;

>>paintFX visor window
PaintEffectsWindow;

:wink:

Regards,
David

#87

If I get you right your looking for a mel script which flipps all the normals in a specific
direction!

What I do is:
select Objekt, -> Revers Normals (All normals are on one side)
-> flip normals again -> all normals are on the other side

#88

He he-- yea I played around bit after I posted and found that out. bbut thanks for the reply…; )

#89

i beleive what your after is the “conform” function…

anyway heres my shelf im building up… with anything proven trialed anf true ends up on.

MODELING

  1. Moneybrick
  2. xy Shrinkwrap - hard to explain… but adjusts vertices to fit the shape of another object.

TEXTURING
3.danny UV tools

LIGHTING
4. 3pointlight script
5. A powerlight (ramp decay) (great when used with amibent lights)
6. A custom dome script i made… uses a mere 19 lights with good results
7. hdrshop control

RENDERING
8&9. set/unset black hole (good compositeing stuff here)

MISC/UI
10. creates a nurbs HUD that tells you spans/UV paramertisation (no need to have AA open)
11. Comet renamer…renmaeing tool without the maya bugs
12. allows you to zoom in/out without changing camera settings (handy for some image plane techniques

I have many more goodies but these live in hotkeys as im not much of a shelf user… but these here are more so shelf item things than for hotkeys…

feel free to hunt down this scrpts and cut up this image for icons…I use a grey windows theme so all icons are made to blend in to 85,85,85

#90

Anyone Know Where to get the XY Shrinwrap Mel Script?
And if it’s on Highend can you give me a link???

Or send it too(if you have way too much time) to digitaltoon@earthlink.net…

Thanks in advance!

#91

CLICK HERE TO GET ICONS

and one more

backface culling icon

#92

// Saving runtime commands to : d://maya/7.0/prefs/userRunTimeCommands.mel
// Warning: Save of “d://maya/7.0/prefs/userHotkeys.mel” failed //
// Warning: Save of “d://maya/7.0/prefs/userNamedCommands.mel” failed //
// Warning: Not all preferences were saved. See Script Editor for details. //

:sad:

#93

maybe off topic but…
i get the same problem as maymore, except that it happens for all my environment files (ie all preferences). i have one untested theory that if i change the location of these scripts it might work, http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/info/maya/manual/UserGuide/Overview/EnvVariables.fm.html#110411
i think will help (im completely new to maya, moving from max :slight_smile: ).

if any one knows the real reason why, will gladly be appreciated

#94

I find it quite handy to have a few ‘Sculpt Poly’ tools on the shelf; one for pull, push, smooth, erase etc…

#95

i recomend you use the “U” hotkey instead for that. Its faster :slight_smile:

#96

Been trying to figure this out since Maya3 - I think it’s because ‘My Documents’ is on a SEPARATE partition (ie. C: contains Maya, F: is target for my documents). I have a major overhaul coming up in a couple days and I’m going to test this out…

#97

Nice one, much better :thumbsup:

#98

thnx a lot guys…:smiley:

#99

What do you think of mine:

(I don’t have one, I personally think that it uses too much space on my screen :wink: Hotkeys are the way to go)

#100

your right… .but to shortcut all my third party scripts would be to much. I just have a shortcut to turn on and off the visibility of my shelf :wink: