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PyMEL makes python scripting with Maya work the way it should. It builds on the cmds module by organizing many of its commands into a class hierarchy, and by customizing them to operate in a more succinct and intuitive way.

PyMEL according to its website, makes python scripting with Maya work the way it should. Maya's command module is a direct translation of mel commands into python commands.

The result is a very awkward and unpythonic syntax which does not take advantage of python's strengths (particulary, a flexible, object-oriented design).

PyMEL builds on the cmds module by organizing many of its commands into a class hierarchy, and by customizing them to operate in a more succinct and intuitive way.

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How can I change command function using checkbox in pymel

I want to use a checkbox to control the ratio multiplied in slider function. First I try to change the variable directly, but failed. Then I try to change the dragCommand, but also failed. How can I control it? import pymel.core as pm import…
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How to create .obj and .mtl exporter in maya

I have a task in school to create an custom .obj and .mtl exporter in maya but the documentation is really hard to understand and use. Found a blogpost that looked about like this, the code works but i would like to know more about what it actually…
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Maya: Having trouble writing a script to cut a mesh into equal pieces

I want to split a mesh into sections based on a number of vertices. Essentially, I want a mesh cut into sections of 300 verts each with a remainder section of whatever is left over. I've done this for the most part (i can get verts/faces, etc) but…
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How to make a class that returns a child from the hierarchy?

I'm trying to make a class find the type of the object with which it was initialized and I want it to become the object class that corresponds to the type of the object 'typ' that was sent in. So if if were to do something like the following…
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PyMel Maya Python - Set Joint location

I am very new to PyMel (Done Python before) and I found the documentation available very complicated, and in times simply being still MEL and not Python. Very frustrating to do anything here. I am looking for a way to set the absolute location of…
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"Render Current Frame" in Maya with Python

How can I use pymel, or just python in general, to render the current frame with whatever settings are given? I've looked into pymel.core.rendering, but all I can find are render specific commands. I tried the basic cmds.render() but it didn't do…
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Best way to get Shape from a Transform

Using ls -sl returns a transform. The only way I can find to get the shape of a transform is to use getRelatives but this seems wonky compared to other workflows. Is there a better more standard way to get a Shape from a Transform?
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How to access PyNode from a PyNode list?

I ran this example code with 2 polyCubes in scene. import pymel.core as pymel pymel.select('pCube1', 'blinn1') print pymel.ls(sl = True) print pymel.ls(sl = True)[0] and this is my output [nt.Transform(u'pCube1'), nt.Blinn(u'blinn1')] pCube1 I…
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mel2pyStr fails when selecting group of objects

I am trying to convert a bunch of MEL code into Python in Maya 2015 like this: mel2py.mel2pyStr(melCmd,pymelNamespace='pm', verbosity=4, forceCompatibility=True) where melCmd is a multi-line code. But it fails when converting the following line: …
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pymel.core.workspace.getcwd() doesn't return project directory as intended

I try to make simple tools in maya. I use this script to get the current project directory: pymel.core.workspace.getcwd() Sometimes this script is going well. But sometimes the results were not appropriate, like this :…
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Pymel insertInput method misses connections

I'm trying to use the inserInput method of Attribute class from pymel 1.0.6 under Maya 2015. But it's not working as expected: from pymel.core import * nodeA = createNode('transform') nodeB = createNode('transform') nodeC =…
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How to collect all cameras in Maya using Python?

How can I collect all the cameras in a Maya scene excluding the default 'perspective, top, front, side' cameras? I only want to collect the user created cameras. cameras = cmds.ls(type=('camera'), l=True) or [] print cameras Do I need to do…
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Load preset directory in Maya with python/MEL?

I have a folder where I'm storing some maya presets (specifically nCloth presets) and I would like to make this directory available to all of the users on my current network. To do this, I would like to have this folder added to the MAYA_PRESET_PATH…
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Pymel: How do I extract these vector floats from a complex .TXT file?

I am having trouble wrapping my head around how I would extract the float values from a complex text file in Pymel. I am not a programmer, I am an artist, however I am in need of creating a script for a specific workflow process and I have a…
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parenting do not cause translate offset - strange behaviour

I'm setting the object as a child of another object. Usually it's [0,0,0] translation point is then set to the pivot of the parent object and the child gains some offset in location to maintain position. I do not know it does not work like that in…
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