Bake Simulation to the range of the time slider?

[tonthebone]

i want to bake a locator named "tracerLocator". i want the range to be the same as the time slider. what is the simplest way to do this?

this is as close as i got:

bakeResults -simulation true -t "1:400" -sampleBy 1 -disableImplicitControl true -preserveOutsideKeys false -sparseAnimCurveBake false -controlPoints false -shape true {"tracerLocator"};

i think all i need is to replace -t "1:400" with the flag for timeslider.

thanks

~tony

[gdc]

the easiest way to read the time from the time slider is

float $startTime=playbackOptions -q -min;
float $endTime=playbackOptions -q -max;

Then you can change the -t flag with

-t ($startTime+":"+$endTime)

--g

[sboy]

Well, if you're trying to get the min-max range for only one object, and bake only that one object, your're going to have to determine the start and end for just that object (unless you always know that everything in the scene starts and ends on the same frame). Therefore, add this:

$startTime = findKeyframe -which first tracerLocator;
$endTime = findKeyframe -which last tracerLocator;

then modify this in your bakeResults command:

-t ($startTime+":"+$endTime);

otherwise, the simplest way (with all keys for all objects starting and ending on same frame) is:

setPlaybackRangeToMinMax;
bakeResults tracerLocator;