Copy values from one object to another

[s-j-tubbrit]

Hi, I'd like to copy the values from one object to another object, any idea what sort of code I would need?

I'm fairly new to Mel

I have some objects, centered, and I have some locators around the scene, which have rotations, scales, positions attached to them, and I want to be able to select an object and then a null, and then snap it to the locator, and then have the object take on the null's transforms, do you get what I mean?

I have the snapping part done already, but the bit where I get it to take on the null's transforms has left me a bit clueless?

Thanks

[gdc]

I'm guessing that when you say you have the snapping part done that you are contrainting one to the other??
If so just break the contraint and the object's transform will update.
Otherwise the commands you want to look into are:
getAttr
setAttr
and (maybe) xform

//------example
float $locX=getAttr locator1.tx;
setAttr object.tx $locX;
//-----end

Hope that helps
--g

[s-j-tubbrit]

Thanks for the help,

I also just figured that Maya can do this without the need for Mel scripting, d'oh!

Just unselect 'Preserve Position' in the parenting box!

Cheers

[joojaa]

Yeah thats true but if you need to put the x.y.z values for multiple objects then just select them all and select the value that needs changing and now maya should in general think in lines of a spreadheet editor and change all respective values.

Or use the spreadheet but its slower