Script for Show/Hide vertices?

[ob1]

Hello,

Does anyone have script that will show and hide vertices that I can use?
Or is it already in Maya and I just don't know it ?
I would be greatful, I am slowly putting together all the tools I liked from other software to make me feel more at home with Maya, and it's working well so far.

Cheers peeps,

[sboy]

Hey ob1...

Did you simply want to mimic what the attribute editor does with vertex display? If so you use something like:

//hide vertice display
$selected = ls -sl;
for ($i=0;$i<size($selected);$i++)
setAttr ($selected[$i] + "Shape.displayVertices") 0;

//show vertice display
$selected = ls -sl;
for ($i=0;$i<size($selected);$i++)
setAttr ($selected[$i] + "Shape.displayVertices") 1;

[ewerybody]

Hey sboy and ob1.

It seems that its not that simlpe. Have you seen, that Maya names the shapes of an object by a special way? Its not always the same style:

If you create pCube1 the ShapeNode is pCubeShape1
If you THEN name it pergbvcejwb1 the ShapeNode would be pergbvcejwbShape1.
But if you name it jyhcbwl its just jyhcbwlShape. If you THEN put a number in the name: jyhcbwl4Shape.

Very strange I think. So unfortunately you can't go shure with that. But there must be a way to call the ShapeNode of an object...

Another thing: Why don't you use that special "for-in" loop for selection-arrays? :] its very useful!

And why don't make it a toggle?

$selected = ls -sl;
for ($i in $selected)
$iShape = listRelatives -shapes $i;
setAttr ($iShape[0]+".displayVertices") (!getAttr ($iShape[0]+".displayVertices"));

[joojaa]

TOggle can be bad if you had a different selection!? so syoud need 3 functions toggle.

[sboy]

Ah, yes! Good thinkin`, Lincoln! I forgot about the renaming of the shape node. And, yeah the "for in" loop looks nice and tidy. I guess I'm just a creature of habit using the swiss army knife of loops.