I’m banging my head trying to figure out if it’s even possible.
I have this cube that I use for character reference height and whenever I change its height attribute I want it to change the text of the text object that I have on its top.
For now I have this script:
#creates a height reference box for characters
import maya.cmds as mc
import maya.mel as mel
def run():
mc.select(cl=1)
mc.circle(c=[0, 0, 0], nr=[0, 1, 0], sw=360, r=60, d=3, ut=0, tol=0.01, s=8, ch=1)
moveCtrl = mc.ls(sl=1, type="transform")[0]
cube = mc.polyCube(w=60, h=1, d=60)
mc.addAttr(moveCtrl, ln="height", at="double", min=0, dv=180)
mc.setAttr(moveCtrl+".height", e=1, keyable=True)
md = mc.createNode("multiplyDivide")
mc.connectAttr(moveCtrl+".height", md+".input1X", f=1)
mc.connectAttr(moveCtrl+".height", cube[1]+".height")
mc.connectAttr(md+".outputX", cube[0]+".translateY")
mc.setAttr(md+".operation", 2)
mc.setAttr(md+".input2X", 2)
#create text object
mc.CreatePolygonType()
typeObject = mc.ls(sl=1)
type3d = mc.listConnections( type= "type")
#edit the text
txt = "180"
txt += " cm"
hexVersion = getSpacedHexFromString(txt)
mc.setAttr(type3d[0] + ".textInput", hexVersion, type="string")
mc.setAttr(type3d[0] + ".alignmentMode", 2)
# connect the move control's height attribute to the type object's translation y
mc.connectAttr(moveCtrl+".height", typeObject[0]+".translateY")
# connect the move control's height attribute to the type object's text input
# mc.connectAttr(moveCtrl+".height", type3d[0] + ".textInput")
mc.parent(cube[0], moveCtrl)
mc.parent(typeObject[0], moveCtrl)
mc.select(moveCtrl, r=1)
def getSpacedHexFromString(txt):
hexVersion = ""
for i in txt:
character = i
hexCharacter = character.encode("hex")
hexVersion = hexVersion + " " + hexCharacter
return hexVersion
Where the function “getSpacedHexFromString” converts a string to a hex number to be passed into the input of the text field. It just seems so stupid that you can’t pass in a string from the start.
