Copy/paste Or Transfer Curve Shapes?

[neverman]

is it possible to copy the curve shape of one curve and paset it into another curve.

For example - when you make a nurb circle it makes
nurbsCircle1
-- nurbsCircleShape1

i would like to take nurbsCircleShape1 and put it under a different transform node - ie

Start with ::
nurbsCircle1
-- nurbsCircleShape1

nurbsCircle2
-- nurbsCircleShape2

and end with ::
nurbsCircle1
-- nurbsCircleShape1
-- nurbsCircleShape2

or even something like ::
start ::
nurbsCircle1
-- nurbsCircleShape1

nurbsCircle2
-- nurbsCircleShape2

joint01

end ::
joint01
-- nurbsCircleShape1
-- nurbsCircleShape2

I swear i have seen this shown before but my searching has left me with no finds :[
thanks for looking

[joojaa]

{
$a=circle -c 0 0 0 -nr 0 1 0 -sw 360 -r 0.3 -d 3 -ut 0 -tol 0.01 -s 8 -ch 1;
$b=circle -c 0 0 0 -nr 0 1 0 -sw 360 -r 1 -d 3 -ut 0 -tol 0.01 -s 8 -ch 1;
$c=listRelatives -shapes $b[0];
parent -add -shape $c[0] $a[0];
delete $b[0];
}

[naughty]

This is basically what an INSTANCE is.. if you duplicate your NurbsCurve and set it to "Instance" you have two separate transforms which both "share" the same nurbsCurve node.

[neverman]

QUOTE(Joojaa @ 10/06/06, 11:00 PM) [snapback]249433[/snapback]
{
$a=circle -c 0 0 0 -nr 0 1 0 -sw 360 -r 0.3 -d 3 -ut 0 -tol 0.01 -s 8 -ch 1;
$b=circle -c 0 0 0 -nr 0 1 0 -sw 360 -r 1 -d 3 -ut 0 -tol 0.01 -s 8 -ch 1;
$c=listRelatives -shapes $b[0];
parent -add -shape $c[0] $a[0];
delete $b[0];
}

this works great for creating and reparenting joojaa
gets me started in the right dirrection - i am more concerned with doing this with pre existing shapes onto pre existing objects though.

I will try and work on a script that takes the shape out of first selected object and adds it under second selected object.

Ill post if i figure it out. thanks for the lead

[neverman]

{
string $selection[] = ls -l -selection;
string $shapes[] = listRelatives -fullPath -type shape $selection[0];
parent -add -shape $shapes[0] $selection[1];
delete $selection[0];
}

thanks for all the help guys

---

For more than one shape node under parentee

{
string $selection[] = ls -l -selection;
string $shapes[] = listRelatives -fullPath -type shape $selection[0];
for ( $s in $shapes )
{
parent -add -shape $s $selection[1];
}
delete $selection[0];
}