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Andrew Hazelden is a Nova Scotia, Canada-based visual effects artist.

AndrewHazelden / maxwell_lens_model.py

Last active December 9, 2015 11:39

Use Maxwell Render's PyMaxwell tool to scan the camera's lens model

	# Return the lens type name as a string
	# Example: it = CmaxwellCameraIterator(); camera = it.first(scene); cameraLens = cameraParams.getLensType(); lens = mxa_lensTypeName(cameraLens)
	def mxa_lensTypeName(cameraLens):
	lensTypeName = ''
	if cameraLens[0] == TYPE_CYLINDRICAL_LENS:
	lensTypeName = 'cylindrical'
	elif cameraLens[0] == TYPE_EXTENSION_LENS:
	lensTypeName = 'extension lens'
	elif cameraLens[0] == TYPE_FISHEYE_LENS:
	lensTypeName = 'fisheye'

AndrewHazelden / read_directory_of_mxs_scenes.py

Created December 6, 2015 17:18

Use Maxwell Render's PyMaxwell tool to scan a folder for .mxs scene files

	from pymaxwell import *
	from math import *
	import os
	import sys
	import datetime

	mxsFileExt = 'mxs'
	mxsDirPath = '/Applications/Maxwell 3/scripts/stereo/'
	mxsFileList = getFilesFromPath(mxsDirPath, mxsFileExt)

AndrewHazelden / platform_check.py

Created December 6, 2015 17:16

Use Python to check the current operating system

	# Check the operating system
	# Example: mxPlatform = getPlatform()
	def getPlatform():
	import platform

	osPlatform = str(platform.system())

	mxPlatform = ''
	if osPlatform == 'Windows':
	mxPlatform = 'Windows'

AndrewHazelden / list_icon_resources.mel

Last active December 9, 2015 11:39

Use MEL in Maya to list the active icons directories

	print "Icon folders:\n";
	print `xbmLangPathList`;