Lattice With Deformers

[archi-sharp]

HI THERE
I AM TRYING TO MODEL A POLY LATTICE BUT WITH NO SUCCCESS. I HAVE HOWEVER NOTICED THAT A LATTICE HAS CV POINTS. IS THERE A METHOD OF TAKING THAT DATA AND CREATING A POLY LATTICE WHICH I COULD THEN EXPORT TO RHINO AND THEN EXTRACT THE DATA AND CONVERT TO LINES WHICH I CAN PRINT AND MAKE A PHYSICAL MODEL.
(PS THE LATTICE HAS SOME DEFORMER MODIFIERS APPLIED TO IT SO ITS NOT JUST A GRID OF STRIAGHT CV )
THANKS IN ADVANCE

[joojaa]

Dont shout!.

Laticces arent geometry. Yes this can be done. But you need to think out how rhino actually works in conjunction with mayas data!

[archi-sharp]

ok sorry about the caps lock
i have tried watching the gnomon mel fundementals dvd and the digital tuors intro to mel,( understanding the order of the script layout confuses me the most at the moment) do you think i could write a script that could call the data from the lattices cv`s (or create a soft body from the lattice and call the data from the particle points) and then using this data to draw lines say from data point 1 then 2 then 3 and so on.

[joojaa]

No problem, tough you can be far more flexible with polygons just copy A few cubes and merge their points or build a few nurbs surfaces with lofts.

CODE
for ($lattice in ls -sl -dag -et lattice)
{
  $s=getAttr ($lattice+".sd");
  $t=getAttr ($lattice+".td");
  $u=getAttr ($lattice+".ud");
  for ($si=0;$si<$s;$si++)
    for ($ti=0;$ti<$t;$ti++)
      for ($ui=0;$ui<$u;$ui++)
      {
      $start=(pointPosition ($lattice+".pt["+$si+"]["+$ti+"]["+$ui+"]"));
      if ($si+1<$s)
        {
          $nxt=(pointPosition ($lattice+".pt["+($si+1)+"]["+$ti+"]["+$ui+"]"));
          curve -d 1 -p ($start[0]) ($start[1]) ($start[2]) -p ($nxt[0]) ($nxt[1]) ($nxt[2]) -k 0 -k 1;
        }
      if ($ti+1<$t)
        {
          $nxt=(pointPosition ($lattice+".pt["+$si+"]["+($ti+1)+"]["+$ui+"]"));
          curve   -d 1 -p ($start[0]) ($start[1]) ($start[2]) -p ($nxt[0]) ($nxt[1]) ($nxt[2]) -k 0 -k 1;
        }
        if ($ui+1<$u)
        {
          $nxt=(pointPosition ($lattice+".pt["+$si+"]["+$ti+"]["+($ui+1)+"]"));
          curve -d 1 -p ($start[0]) ($start[1]) ($start[2]) -p ($nxt[0]) ($nxt[1]) ($nxt[2]) -k 0 -k 1;
        }
      }
}

select laticces and fire away.

[archi-sharp]

hey thanks alot for such an in depth and promt reply. i havent tried the script yet as i think your iniatial advice of copying a cube and merging the points was a far more simpler and appropriatte approach which i would like to pursue first . i will try analyse the sript to learn from it from an quick look it seems to contain more commands than what i was expecting
ps thanks again

[archi-sharp]

the script works like a charm.
thanks again

[the_wizard]

GREAT Script....Thanks!!!!!