Brian Escribano - Python Scripts

Plugin: renameSequence

nospam@example.com (Brian Escribano) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:12:22 -0700

Renames a sequence of nodes using a defined prefix, increment variable(INC), and suffix.
The INC can consists or numbers, lowercase letters or uppercase letters.

Benefits:
Nodes will be named correctly if the name already exist later in the selection.
For example given the nodes ['spam3','spam1', 'spam4', 'spam2'] parented under the world
to be named spam[1-4] will be named correctly without additional increments. Normally
the nodes will be named ['spam5', 'spam6', 'spam3', 'spam4']

Selection: nurbsSphere1, nurbsSphere2, nurbsSphere3, nurbsSphere4, nurbsSphere5
Python: cmds.renameSequence(prefix='mel_', alpha=True, suffix='_junky')
MEL: renameSequence -prefix "mel_" -alpha true -suffix "_junky";
Will rename the nodes to:
mel_a_junky, mel_b_junky, mel_c_junky, mel_d_junky, mel_e_junky, mel_f_junky

Download for Python 2.5.1 ( Maya 2008/2009) Here!

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Python: crossRename

nospam@example.com (Brian Escribano) — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:39:27 -0600

I wrote this class, while rigging two character simultaneously for my new reel. The rigs are very similar and the names of the nodes are the same. Felt that I was spending too much time renaming the nodes on the second character by referencing the first character's names. Tried copy/paste which did work but wasn't time saving. This class allow a selection of node names to be stored in a file and loaded in another instance of Maya with a search and replace feature.

#Character 1
old = crossRename()
old.storeSelect()
old.setPath('usd')
old.write('tempSelect')

#Character 2
new = crossRename()

new.storeSelect()

new.setPath('usd')
new.load('tempSelect')
new.rename()

Any feature request please let me know. If you like the script please email me, sign the guestbook or leave comment

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Plugin: multiConnectAttr

nospam@example.com (Brian Escribano) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:41:24 -0600

multiConnectAttr allows for multiple attribute connections at one time with the option for a custom
undo/doIt commands in ethier Python or MEL based off a list/array. Useful for updating a GUI that does not normally allows for undos.

Download for Python 2.4.3 ( Maya 8.5) Here!
Download for Python 2.5.1 ( Maya 2008) Here!

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Python Command: swapName

nospam@example.com (Brian Escribano) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:42:54 -0600

Description:
    Does a search and replace on the first node and renames the second based off the results
    Python: cmds.swapName( 'lf_armCTRL', 'nurbsSphere1', s='lf', r='rt')
    MEL: swapName -s lf -r rt "lf_armCTRL" "nurbsSphere1";
    Will rename 'nurbsSphere1' to 'rt_armCTRL'

    Flag Descriptions:
        -h -help                Displays help
        -o -occurs   Int        Define how many occurances for search/replace, default is -1
        -r -replace String     Defines the string to replace for
        -s -search   String     Defines the string to search for

Drop the files in your plugin path specific to your Maya version and load the swapNamePlugin.py as the plugin

Download for Python 2.4.3 ( Maya 8.5) Here!
Download for Python 2.5.1 ( Maya 2008) Here!

Please email me or use the Contact Form if you like the swapName Command. You can also leave a comment at this very entry or even sign the Guestbook. I would like to hear feedback about my first Python command.