Maya Scripts

Preface

Below are annotations from many of my MEL and Python Maya scripts.

Display

• Joint Count HUD: Toggle the display of joint count
• Particle Count HUD: Toggle the display of particle count
• Mesh Effeciency HUD: Toggle the display of mesh effeciency
• Toggle Isolate Select: Toggle isolated view of selection
• Toggle Lighting: Toggle display of scene lighting and vertex colors
• Toggle Playback Speed: Toggle between Real-time and Every Frame playback
• Cycle Move Tool Mode: Cycle movement modes of Move Tool
• Cycle Rotate Tool Mode: Cycle rotation modes of Rotate Tool

Animation

• Force Origin Toggle: Translate X, Y and Z
• Set Force Origin Control: Set selected object as force origin control
• Reset IK: Reset translation of selected IK control(s)
• Reset IK: Reset rotation of selected IK control(s)
• Reset IK: Reset translation and rotation of selected IK control(s)
• Smooth Tangent Out: Out tangent matches linear in tangent for selected keyframe(s)
• Smooth Tangent In: In tangent matches linear out tangent for selected keyframe(s)
• Flip Curve: Flip selected curve(s) over value at current time
• Flip Curve: Mirror selected curve(s) over zero value
• Reverse Curve: Reverse selected curve(s)
• Loop Curve: Adjust start keyframes and tangents of selected curves to loop with end
• Loop Curve: Adjust end keyframes and tangents of selected curves to loop with start
• Auto Loop Curve: Auto-adjust start keyframes and tangents of selected curves to loop with end
• Auto Loop Curve: Auto-adjust end keyframes and tangents of selected curves to loop with start
• Disable Auto Loop: Disable auto loop for selected curves
• Toggle Infinity Cycle: Toggle infinite cycle with offset for curves on selected object(s)
• Copy Pose: Select objects whose attributes you wish to copy
• Paste Pose: sets object attributes to previously copied pose
• Mirror Pose: Select objects whose attributes you wish to mirror
• Pose Rack: Save and remove poses
• Key Transfer: Copy animation keys for selected curve(s) to other files

Dynamics

• Loop Dynamics: Sets intial state of dynamics to loop with state at timeline end
• Rest Dynamics: Rest the initial state of dynamics at current time in animation.

Modeling

• Select Faces: Selects faces of specified normal directions on selected object(s)
• Attach Object: Select target objects followed by object to be duplicated and moved
• Poly Noise: Select polygon components to randomly translate
• UV Noise: Select polygon UVs to randomly move
• Random Transform: Select transform objects to apply random translation, rotation, and or scale to

Rigging

• Character Rigger: Tool to hasten character setup process
• Lock Attributes: Select object(s) to lock attributes
• Unlock Attributes: Select object(s) to unlock attributes
• Space Bind Setup: Select one target followed by the object to bind
• Reset IK Setup: Select one parent followed by IK control
• Spring Joint: Select a joint to apply spring to
• Delete Non-Skin History: Select a skinned polygon mesh

Manage Scene

• Color Wire: Color the wireframe of objects
• Ordered Rename: Renames objects in order of selection
• Suffix Hierarchy Names: Add a suffix to all hierarchy names
• Rename Materials: Rename selected materials from color-linked texture files
• Adjust Materials: Sets material properties for specified materials
• Strip Meshes: removes meshes from 'root' group or selected hierarchies
• Setup Root: creates 'root' group for selected objects and adds 'cofm' and 'aPvt' joints
• Fix Referenced Space Bind: Fixes scriptJob of referenced files using Space Bind
• Import References: Imports and removes namespace of reference file
• Render Screenshot: renders screenshot of current scene to its directory

Selection

• PickWalkAdd Up: Add up heirarchy to selection
• PickWalkAdd Down: Add down heirarchy to selection
• PickWalkAdd Left: Add left heirarchy to selection
• PickWalkAdd Right: Add right heirarchy to selection