Hi I'm a newbie to Maya MEL.
How can I parent multiple objects by using a for-in loop?
Here's the object that I wish to parent together:
select -r right_wing1 left_wing1 butterfly_body1;
parent;
select -r right_wing2 left_wing2 butterfly_body2;
parent;
select -r right_wing3 left_wing3 butterfly_body3;
parent;
select -r right_wing4 left_wing4 butterfly_body4;
parent;
select -r right_wing5 left_wing5 butterfly_body5;
parent;
select -r right_wing6 left_wing6 butterfly_body6;
parent;
select -r right_wing7 left_wing7 butterfly_body7;
parent;
select -r right_wing8 left_wing8 butterfly_body8;
parent;
select -r right_wing9 left_wing9 butterfly_body9;
parent;
select -r right_wing10 left_wing10 butterfly_body10;
parent;
select -r right_wing11 left_wing11 butterfly_body11;
parent;
select -r right_wing12 left_wing12 butterfly_body12;
parent;
As you can see, they are matched by number. But I don't know how to parent more than 2 objects like this using a for-in loop! And this long list just doesn't look nice...