Maya PyMel - create planes at rotation pivot of each selected object

makeCards

from pymel.core import *

def makeCards(myAxis=(1,0,0), divs=(2,2), wh=[20, 20]):
    '''
    create planes at rotation pivot of each selected object
    select objects to create planes at their rotation pivots, then run this script
    
    myAxis - <list3> the axis which the planes will be oriented
    divs - <list2> divisions in with and height axes of created planes
    wh - <list2> width and height units of created planes
    
    future improvements:
    make each card take on the size of the obj, in terms of their width and height
    '''
    locsList = []
    for piece in ls(sl=True):
        thisLoc = spaceLocator(n='%s_loc'%piece.shortName())
        # thisPlane will be a list2 obj: [transformNode, polyPlaneNode]
        thisPlane = polyPlane(n='%s_card'%piece.shortName(), axis=myAxis, w=wh[0], h=wh[1], sx=divs[0], sy=divs[1])
        parent(thisPlane[0], thisLoc)
        locsList.append(thisLoc)
        xform(thisLoc, ws=True, t=xform(piece, q=True, ws=True, a=True, rp=True))
    group(locsList, n='cards_grp')
    return
makeCards(wh=[150000, 80000])