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import maya.cmds as cmds

'''
# EXAMPLE USAGES:
# Removes all unused influences from skinCluster1
remove_unused_influences('skinCluster1')

# Removes the two specified joints from Body_SkinCluster,
but only if they are not currently weighted to anything.
remove_unused_influences('Body_SkinCluster', ['leg_L0_5_jnt', 'leg_R0_5_jnt'])

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import pymel.core as pm

"""
Take a collection of attributes and interpolate them along a curve.
It uses a master remapValue that drives multiple remapValues
to simulate the effect of a multi-out curve node.
References to "twist", because it was originally written for twisting ribbon IK
But it can interpolate any custom attributes you wish

Written by Chris Lesage, June 2019

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import maya.cmds as cmds
import maya.OpenMaya as omo
# (Open Maya Old)

def soft_selection_weights():
    ''' create and return a list of the soft selection weights '''
    #TODO: Would be nice to rewrite this using the new API. Low priority.
    #TODO: Debug on multiple selections

    # temporary hack. Turn off symmetry when reading MRichSelection until I learn to use symmetry.

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'''
In Autodesk Maya, when you hit - and = to scale the manipulator gizmos, it *multiplies* the size.
So if it is small, it takes a long time to grow. And if it is big, and move in huge increments.
So I use addition and subtraction instead.
This gives you much more precise control.
Map the original ones to shift. _ and + to move in larger increments.

Just a tiny little tweak that helps me size it exactly how I want.
I use the radius of the rotation to measure pivot placement.
'''

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import mgear.shifter.custom_step as cstp

'''
This is a test mGear Shifter POST script that shows how to access the stepDict and all of its information.
It's a WIP meant to also act as documentation.
I'll continue to update it, as I discover more. And hopefully include some of this information in the official mGear docs.

Chris Lesage - [email protected]
Justin Pedersen - [email protected]
Jascha Wohlkinger - [email protected]

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Intro Email:

[COMMENT: This document was originally written to introduce beginners and generalist co-workers who wanted to start using Python. It was meant to go much further than #9, but the project fizzled out.]

Write scripts that do the following, and we can talk about techniques, or ways to improve it. If they are too easy, you can also add options, or a GUI.

Please try to write nice clean code, and make comments. You will be re-using parts of your scripts in future challenges, so it is important for you to be able to read and re-use your code.

PYTHON CHALLENGES

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import maya.OpenMaya as OpenMaya
import pymel.core as pm
import maya.OpenMayaAnim as OpenMayaAnim
import maya.cmds as cmds
import maya.mel as mel


class checkMaxSkinInfluences(object):
    ''' This script takes a mesh with a skinCluster and checks it for N skin weights.
    If it has more than N, it selects the verts, so you can edit them.

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"""Rigbits eye rigger tool"""

"""
This is an alternative eye_rigger for mGear 3.2
I eventually want to submit this as a PR, but I haven't fully tested it yet.
It adds march_vertex() which helps discover the upper and lower edgeloops in the eye.

This can help fix issues on the right side of the rig, where the eye can take weird shapes.
It can also make the eye rig more stable on characters where the eye is at a tilted angle.
Chris Lesage February 2020

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import pymel.core as pm

'''
An Autodesk Maya PyMEL script that calculates a pole vector position
based on 3 input PyNode objects. example: leg, knee, ankle bones.
Chris Lesage [email protected]
'''

def calculate_pole_vector(p1, p2, p3, poleDistance=1):
    """

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import pymel.core as pm

'''
Here are some examples of how to use the pin_to_surface.py script.
'''

# make a nurbsPlane
oNurbs = pm.nurbsPlane(n='nurbsPlane1')

# You can specify the nurbsSurface by string, PyNode transform or PyNode shape.