Maya Python Script that transfer values to a polyPlane

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Hello, I’m working on a script that replicates ImagePlane position values to a PolyPlane.

by selecting the imagePlane1 object
self.objectSelected = cmds.ls(selection = True)

Then, by pressing the convert button, a PolyPlane with the correct X,Y,Z position and scale is created.

def select(self,*args):

        self.select1 = cmds.ls(selection = True)

        for item in select1:

            self.x_value = cmds.getAttr("%s.translateX" % item)

            self.y_value = cmds.getAttr("%s.translateY" % item)

            self.z_value = cmds.getAttr("%s.translateZ" % item)

            self.sx_value  = cmds.getAttr("%s.scaleTranslationX" % item)

            self.sy_value  = cmds.getAttr("%s.scaleTranslationY" % item)

            self.sz_value  = cmds.getAttr("%s.scaleTranslationZ" % item)

            cmds.polyPlane (name = 'polyPlane1' ,tx = x_value, ty = y_value, tz = z_value, sx = sx_value, sy = sy_value, sz = sz_value )

Unfortunately, it triggers errors, so I won’t be able to work it out on my own… Any ideas?

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What errors are you getting?

I’m not seeing a class definition in your code, only a function. the ‘self’ reference is generally a class instance variable. Is that what your errors are referring to? If you remove the ‘self.’ before each variable does it behave differently?

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Sorry! here’s my code

import maya.cmds as cmds
import maya.mel
class script_Window(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.window = "x"
        self.title = "x "
        self.size = (500,500) 
        if cmds.window(self.window,exists=True):
            cmds.deleteUI(self.window,window=True) 
        self.window = cmds.window(self.window,title=self.title,widthHeight=self.size)
        cmds.columnLayout(adjustableColumn=True)
        cmds.text(self.title)
        cmds.separator(height=20)
        self.conbtn = cmds.button(label = 'convert',command = self.imageSelected )
        cmds.separator(height=20)
        cmds.showWindow()
    def selected(self,*args):
        self.objectSelected = cmds.ls(selection = True)
        for item in select1:
            self.x_value = cmds.getAttr("%s.translateX" % item)
            self.y_value = cmds.getAttr("%s.translateY" % item)
            self.z_value = cmds.getAttr("%s.translateZ" % item)
            self.sx_value  = cmds.getAttr("%s.scaleTranslationX" % item)
            self.sy_value  = cmds.getAttr("%s.scaleTranslationY" % item)
            self.sz_value  = cmds.getAttr("%s.scaleTranslationZ" % item)
            cmds.polyPlane (name = 'polyPlane1' ,tx = x_value, ty = y_value, tz = z_value, sx = sx_value, sy = sy_value, sz = sz_value )
        cmds.polyPlane ()
        cmds.setAttr('.rotateX',90)



activateScript = script_Window()

i had this problem # Error: NameError: file line 20: global name ‘select1’ is not defined #
i dont know how to fix it. also yes it does behave differently if I remember correctly.

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it seams for now it should be-- for item in self.objectSelected