Mel Problem

Maya
1

I am trying to control the width, height and depth of a poly cube then create the cube. My variables from the slider bars pass correctly but when I go to create the cube it does not get the updated width, height and depth variable. Any Ideas how to fix this problem? Here is what I have coded so far.

if ( (window -ex cubert) == true ) deleteUI
cubert;

string $window = window -widthHeight 200 200 -title "Walt's Cube Maker" cubert;
columnLayout -adj true;

//width, height and Depth variables

	       float $wth = 0;
	       float $hght = 0;
	       float $dpth = 0;

//get info from slider bars put into width, height and Depth variables

	      string $control = `floatSliderGrp -label "Width" -field true`;
                  string $cmd = ("$wth = `floatSliderGrp -query -value " + $control + "`");
                  floatSliderGrp -edit -dragCommand $cmd -changeCommand $cmd $control;

	      string $control1 = `floatSliderGrp -label "Height" -field true`;
                  string $cmd1 = ("$hght = `floatSliderGrp -query -value " + $control1 + "`");
                  floatSliderGrp -edit -dragCommand $cmd1 -changeCommand $cmd1 $control1;

	      string $control2 = `floatSliderGrp -label "depth" -field true`;
                  string $cmd2 = ("$dpth = `floatSliderGrp -query -value " + $control2 + "`");
                  floatSliderGrp -edit -dragCommand $cmd2 -changeCommand $cmd2 $control2;

//pass variables width, height and Depth into create string

                  string $create = "polyCube -w " + $wth + " -h " + $hght + " -d " + $dpth;

//create Cube
button -label "Create"
-align "center"
-c $create;

showWindow $window;

Thanks for your help!
Walt

2

In your script, you get value using this statement

string $cmd = ("$wth = floatSliderGrp -query -value " + $control + "");

But you should get value like this.

//pass variables width, height and Depth into create string

string $create = "polyCube
-w (floatSliderGrp -q -v $control)
-h (floatSliderGrp -q -v $control1)
-d (floatSliderGrp -q -v $control2)";

If you change like this, I think following line is needless.

**
string $cmd = ("$wth = floatSliderGrp -query -value " + $control + "");
floatSliderGrp -edit -dragCommand $cmd -changeCommand $cmd $control;
**

**
string $cmd1 = ("$hght = floatSliderGrp -query -value " + $control1 + "");
floatSliderGrp -edit -dragCommand $cmd1 -changeCommand $cmd1 $control1;
**

**
string $cmd2 = ("$dpth = floatSliderGrp -query -value " + $control2 + "");
floatSliderGrp -edit -dragCommand $cmd2 -changeCommand $cmd2 $control2;
**

3

Hey thanks that helped alot. Here is what I am trying to do. I am making a GUI that will randomly duplicate an objects place, rotation and scale. Here is what I am a little confused on. Do I need to make a seperate mel script and just call it once I hit the duplicate button? If so, am I writing my mel correct? Here is what I have.

global proc radomdulicate(float rotcontrolx1; float $rotcontrolx2;
float $rotcontroly1; float $rotcontroly2;
float $rotcontrolz1; float $rotcontrolz2;
float $movcontrolz2; float $movcontrolx1;
float $movcontrolx2; float $movcontroly1;
float $movcontroly1; float $movcontrolx2;
float $sclcontrolz2; float $sclcontrolx1;
float $sclcontrolx2; float $sclcontroly1;
float $sclcontroly1; float $sclcontrolx2;
string $looptimes;)
{
while ($loop <= $looptimes)
{
duplicate;
rotate (rand ((floatSliderGrp -q -v $rotcontrolx1) ,(floatSliderGrp -q -v $rotcontrolx2))) (rand ((floatSliderGrp -q -v $rotcontroly1) ,(floatSliderGrp -q -v $rotcontroly2))) (rand ((floatSliderGrp -q -v $rotcontrolz1) ,(floatSliderGrp -q -v $rotcontrolz2)));
move (rand ((floatSliderGrp -q -v $movcontrolx1) ,(floatSliderGrp -q -v $movcontrolx2))) (rand ((floatSliderGrp -q -v $movcontroly1) ,(floatSliderGrp -q -v $movcontroly2))) (rand ((floatSliderGrp -q -v $movcontrolz1) ,(floatSliderGrp -q -v $movcontrolz2)));
scale (rand ((floatSliderGrp -q -v $sclcontrolx1) ,(floatSliderGrp -q -v $sclcontrolx2))) (rand ((floatSliderGrp -q -v $sclcontroly1) ,(floatSliderGrp -q -v $sclcontroly2))) (rand ((floatSliderGrp -q -v $sclcontrolz1) ,(floatSliderGrp -q -v $sclcontrolz2)));
$loop = $loop + 1;
}
}

So, once I have that mel made, do I just create a button on my GUI which calls randomduplicate? And, will the GUI set the variables from my slider bars into the above mel?