SoulburnScripts For Maya

Updated: Nov 27th 2011

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Introduction

The SoulburnScripts For Maya is a collection of scripts that I've written for my personal artwork at home, as well as icons for use inside the maya interface, and now I offer them for free to whomever wants to give them a try.

Warnings

Feel free to install and use these scripts, however, I can't be held responsible for any problems that arise from their use. I will try and fix bugs or add features that people want, but I have limited free time and so can only promise to do my best. Thanks.

Installation

All the scripts come packaged into a single zip file of interconnected scripts, SoulCollectionMaya_v0xx.zip, which includes all the mel scripts in the rest of the table below. Please download the most recent zip file only. Open it in winzip or your favorite zip program. Instructions below mention 2012, replace the 2012 with whatever your most recent copy of maya is.

Place everything from the scripts subdirectory into your maya/scripts directory.
Place everything from the icons subdirectory into your maya/2012/prefs/icons directory.
OPTIONAL: Place everything from the shelves subdirectory into your maya/2012/prefs/shelves directory. These are OPTIONAL shelves that contain all of the SoulburnScripts. You don't have to install these if you don't want to, but it can give you a leg up on making your own shelves.
OPTIONAL: The 3 files in the prefs subdirectory can be opened in a text editor, and their contents can be placed in the appropriate files inside your maya/2012/prefs/ directory. This will set up various hotkeys I like to use with the Soulburn Scripts. You don't have to install these if you don't want to.

To install a new collection, just download the new zip and unzip them again using the installation process above.

Usage

These can be run by typing the name of the mel script into your script window (the function name of each script is identical to the name of the script), or drag the text from the script window to your shelf to make an icon. Please reference the maya help for more information on how to run 3rd party mel scripts.

Name	Date	Description
SoulCollectionMaya_v006.zip	11/28/11	The SoulburnScripts For Maya Collection 6, compatible with Maya 2011, 2012 Added Optional Hotkeys and Shelves
SoulCollectionMaya_v005.zip	11/20/11	The SoulburnScripts For Maya Collection 5, compatible with Maya 2011, 2012 New Script: UVTransfer
SoulCollectionMaya_v004.zip	10/07/11	The SoulburnScripts For Maya Collection 4, compatible with Maya 2011, 2012 New Script: HypershadeCleaner Updated Script: TransformRandomizer
SoulCollectionMaya_R2010.zip	03/21/08	An older collection that's compatible with Maya 2010 and before. If using Maya 2011 or higher, use the collection above instead.
AlignTranslation		Quickly Aligns the position of one object to another.
DoubleSidedOff		Lets you turn off double sided for a set of objects.
DoubleSidedOn		Lets you turn on double sided for a set of objects.
DoubleSidedToggle		Lets you toggle the double sided attribute on a set of objects.
FaceNormalsDisplayOff		Lets you turn off the normal display for any selected polygonal object
FarClipExtend		Changes the far clipping plane in all panels to a large number.
GetNodeType		Tells you the type of the selected node.
HypershadeCleaner		Lets you delete unused materials from your Hypershade.
NodeLock		Locks All Selected Nodes.
NodeUnLock		Unlocks All Selected Nodes.
NumObjsSelected		Prints the number of selected Objects.
ResetScene		Resets scene and makes sure playback range returns to default.
ResolutionGateDisplay		Displays the resolution Gate for the currently active panel.
SavePlus		Saves your file while Incrementing the version number.
ShowAllExcept		Shows all scene objects except for the top, left, front and persp cameras.
StartupCameraDelete		Make a Startup Camera deletable, then deletes it. Just select the camera you want to kill.
TransformRandomizerUI		Lets you translate, rotate and scale a group of objects by a random amount.
UVTransfer		Transfers UVs from one object to a bunch of other objects. First select the object you want to transfer from, then select all the objects you want to transfer to.
VerticesDisplayOff		Lets you turn off the vertex display for any selected polygonal object
ViewportControlFront		Changes the active view to the Front Camera.
ViewportControlPersp		Changes the active view to the Persp Camera.
ViewportControlSide		Changes the active view to the Side Camera.
ViewportControlTop		Changes the active view to the Top Camera.
WireframeSmoothShadeToggle		Toggles the current panel between Wireframe and Smooth Shade Mode
ZoomExtentsAll		Zooms All Viewports to the extents of either the scene or the selection. Ignores camera views.