setKey rotateOrder gives strange result (value set to 142, 182, etc..)

[puppetsoul]

Hi...

I do a char setup, with the ability to customize the rotateOrder . I just put the rotateOrder visible and keyable.

I set one key on this attr. No Problem. If after Ichange the value (xzy, etc....) i get strange result (like 142, 183, 205, etc...)
I do this via MEL and the problem is the same. Do you know why?

thanks 

[joojaa]

Urgh keying rotate order is going to be a suicide. It will NOT do what most people wxpect things to do. Its fine if your the only anmator and know what your doing. Not so good to normal animators tough. So by all means put it as a nonkeyable channelbox attribute but dont amke it keyable, unless yoy allways plan to ensure users set a new key in next frame, becasue it will flip otherwise.

i get strange result (like 142, 183, 205, etc...) I do this via MEL and the problem is the same. Do you know why?

Not in my maya, but might be in the version you use didnt test 2011 just 2009. But its really  not a numeric value. So it might make sense see:

142 = 10 00 11 10
183 = 10 11 01 11
205 = 11 00 11 01

Now while i dont see a direct ling it MIGHT be a bitwise encoded mask were each number is a boolean flag of some kind. Or it might be a modulus of 2 other values also.

[puppetsoul]

Hi...

thanks for your reply.

Onthe society where I am, other chars an other prods have rotateOrder keyable, so I just repeat this. 

But you complitly right about the fact that is not good to leave it keyable, but I think that its better to leave animtor prevent the gimablLock, so I will leave it only diplayable.

Anyway, this strange value have not to appears! It's on maya 2009 sp1 x64. Dont know.....

Well,  thanks for your answer.