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import maya.cmds as cmds | |
#import edgeLord | |
#edgeLord.run() | |
def run(): | |
#get selected edgeloop | |
edgeLoop = cmds.ls(selection=True) | |
#get verticles in the edge loop | |
vertLoop = cmds.polyListComponentConversion(edgeLoop, fromEdge=True, toVertex=True) | |
#sort individual verticles into a list | |
vertLoop = cmds.ls(vertLoop, flatten=True) | |
#open undo chunk so entire operation is a single action | |
cmds.undoInfo(openChunk = True) | |
#soften the mesh normals | |
mesh = cmds.listRelatives(parent=1) | |
cmds.polySoftEdge(mesh, angle=180) | |
#run on each vertex on the edgeloop | |
for vert in vertLoop: | |
#unlock the normal of the vertex | |
cmds.polyNormalPerVertex(vert, unFreezeNormal=True) | |
#get the normals of the vertex on the loop | |
vertNormals = list(cmds.polyNormalPerVertex(vert, query=True, xyz=True)) | |
#get only the first three vectors | |
vertNormals = vertNormals[:3] | |
# select the neighboring verticles using the declared function below | |
vertNeighbors(vert, vertLoop) | |
#set their normal angle to match the vertex on the loop | |
cmds.polyNormalPerVertex(xyz=vertNormals) | |
#reselect the edge loops | |
cmds.select(edgeLoop) | |
#close undo chunk, operation is done | |
cmds.undoInfo(closeChunk = True) | |
# function to select a vertex's perpendicular neighbors | |
def vertNeighbors(vert, vertLoop): | |
#find the verticles connected to this vertex by edges | |
connectedEdges = cmds.polyListComponentConversion(vert, toEdge=True) | |
connectedVerts = cmds.polyListComponentConversion(connectedEdges, toVertex = True) | |
#select the connected verticles, then deselect the verticles on the loop | |
cmds.select(connectedVerts, replace = True) | |
cmds.select(vertLoop, deselect = True) | |
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