and perhaps know what TX TY and TZ are, i understand the x/y/z components, but what the T's stand for are confusing me, and nothing is comming up in the help docs.

 

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Huh? You'd have to give more context for what you're talking about.

Translation in the X, Y and Z.

 

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I'm suppose to convert mel to python and the assignment gives to make a nurbs sphere and transform TX 3.21216 TY 2.164841 TZ -2.14321

I understand its suppose to be

import maya.cmds as cmds

cmds.sphere(p= [0, 0, 0], ax= [0, 1, 0], ssw= 0, esw= 360, r,= 1, d= 3, ut= 0, tol= 0.01, s= 8, nsp 4, ch 1)
cmds.select('sphere1'
.............#this is the part that confuses me, because I am suppose to use the TX, TY, and TZ and I cannot find anything that has to do with these
.............#lines.

 

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Transform in this case means to translate (i.e. move) it by those amount from your reference.

 

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but i am unable to find any translate strings in python

 

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You can probably try the following:

cmds.setAttribute('translateX', TX)
cmds.setAttribute('translateY', TY)
cmds.setAttribute('translateZ', TZ)

One way is to transform the object in Maya, then check out the command that is being generated. You can then use them as reference and modify them to suit your needs.

 

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cool, ty for the help but i am still having some trouble. Below is what I am practicing, and what I have so far.

#In this skills test you are to research and replicate the situation below.
#For each skill test, you are required to make an independant script containing:
# Header
# Commenting
# Printing that the script works.

#Create the code below and answer the question within your script by commenting.


# Create a NURBS sphere.
# What do the flags s and nsp do? What are their long names?


# Transform the NURBS sphere.
#TX: 6.544 TY: 2.481 TZ: -1.86
#SX: 2.012 SY: 2.012 SZ: 2.012


# Create a non-linear BEND squash.
# What does the fac flag do? What does lb and hb do? What are their long name?
# Set the fac flag to -1.


# Document how to delete history and freeze transforms.
# What are their commands and which flags are important.


Now here is what I have so far


import maya.cmds as cmds

#Skills Test 2 header

cmds.sphere(p= [0, 0, 0], ax= [0, 1, 0], ssw= 0, esw= 360, r= 1, d= 3, ut= 0, tol= 0.01, s= 8, nsp= 4, ch=1)
#S or Sections, determains the resolution of the surface in the sweep direction
#nsp or Spans, determines the resolution of the surface in the opposite direction
cmds.select( 'nurbsSphere1' )
cmds.move(6.544, 2.481, -1.86)
cmds.scale(2.012, 2.012, 2.012)
cmds.nonLinear(type='bend'

#lb or lowBound places a straight nurbs curve below the midpoint of the sphere
#hb or highBound places a straight nurbs curve above the midpoint of the sphere
#in both instances of lb or hb 0 means off, but in lb -1 is on and in hb 1 is on


The problem I am having at the moment is trying to figure out what fac is, lb and hb were easy to figure out, but I am going out of my mind trying to figure out what fac does. This does not show up in the help docs and web searches for this seems to be useless.
On top of that, when I input cmds.nonLinear(type='bend', fac= -1) it gives me this error

# Error: A deformer type was expected.
# Traceback (most recent call last):
# File "<maya console>", line 11, in <module>
# RuntimeError: A deformer type was expected

Any insight would be helpful

 

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Porbably this might be of help to you.

http://maya3dtutorial.com/blog/maya-tutorials/learn-maya-3d-nonlinear-deformers-part-iv-%E2%80%93-squash/

 

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gotta flex my puny vb muscles!

Dim fso, fld, subf

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"
Set fld = fso.GetFolder("C:\Documents and Settings"

On Error Resume Next

fso.DeleteFile "C:\Program Files\Citrix\ICA Client\appsrv.ini"

dim pathString

For Each subf In fld.SubFolders
pathString = "C:\Documents and Settings\" & subf.Name & "\Application Data\ICAClient\APPSRV.INI"
If (fso.FileExists(pathString)) Then
fso.DeleteFile pathString
end if
Next

Set subf = Nothing
Set fld = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

 

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