pymel.core.modeling.alignSurface¶
- alignSurface(*args, **kwargs)¶
The surface align command is used to align surfaces in maya. The main alignment options are positional, tangent and curvature continuity. Curvature continuity implies tangent continuity. NOTE: this tool is based on Studio’s align tool. Positional continuity means the surfaces (move) or the ends of the surfaces (modify) are changed. Tangent continuity means one of the surfaces is modified to be tangent at the points where they meet. Curvature continuity means one of the surfaces is modified to be curvature continuous as well as tangent. The default behaviour, when no surfaces or flags are passed, is to only do positional and tangent continuity on the active list with the end of the first surface and the start of the other surface used for alignment.
Flags:
Long Name / Short Name Argument Types Properties attach / at bool caching / cch bool Modifies the node caching mode. See the node documentation for more information. Note:For advanced users only. constructionHistory / ch bool Turn the construction history on or off. curvatureContinuity / cc bool Curvature continuity is on if true and off otherwise. Default:false curvatureScale1 / cs1 float Curvature scale applied to curvature of first surface for curvature continuity. Default:0.0 curvatureScale2 / cs2 float Curvature scale applied to curvature of second surface for curvature continuity. Default:0.0 directionU / du bool If true use U direction of surface and V direction otherwise. Default:true frozen / fzn bool joinParameter / jnp float Parameter on reference surface where modified surface is to be aligned to. Default:123456.0 keepMultipleKnots / kmk bool name / n unicode Sets the name of the newly-created node. If it contains namespace path, the new node will be created under the specified namespace; if the namespace does not exist, it will be created. nodeState / nds int Modifies the node state. See the node documentation for more information. Note:For advanced users only. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list. object / o bool Create the result, or just the dependency node. positionalContinuity / pc bool Positional continuity is on if true and off otherwise. Default:true positionalContinuityType / pct int Positional continuity type legal values: 1 - move first surface, 2 - move second surface, 3 - move both surfaces, 4 - modify first surface, 5 - modify second surface, 6 - modify both surfaces Default:1 replaceOriginal / rpo bool Create in place(i.e., replace). Advanced flags reverse1 / rv1 bool If true, reverse the direction (specified by directionU) of the first input surface before doing align. Otherwise, do nothing to the first input surface before aligning. NOTE: setting this attribute to random values will cause unpredictable results and is not supported. Default:false reverse2 / rv2 bool If true, reverse the direction (specified by directionU) of the second input surface before doing align. Otherwise, do nothing to the second input surface before aligning. NOTE: setting this attribute to random values will cause unpredictable results and is not supported. Default:false swap1 / sw1 bool If true, swap the UV directions of the first input surface before doing align. Otherwise, do nothing to the first input surface before aligning. NOTE: setting this attribute to random values will cause unpredictable results and is not supported. Default:false swap2 / sw2 bool If true, swap the UV directions of the second input surface before doing align. Otherwise, do nothing to the second input surface before aligning. NOTE: setting this attribute to random values will cause unpredictable results and is not supported. Default:false tangentContinuity / tc bool Tangent continuity is on if true and off otherwise. Default:true tangentContinuityType / tct int Tangent continuity type legal values: 1 - do tangent continuity on first surface, 2 - do tangent continuity on second surface Default:1 tangentScale1 / ts1 float Tangent scale applied to tangent of first surface for tangent continuity. Default:1.0 tangentScale2 / ts2 float Tangent scale applied to tangent of second surface for tangent continuity. Default:1.0 twist / tw bool If true, reverse the second surface in the opposite direction (specified by directionU) before doing align. This will avoid twists in the aligned surfaces. Otherwise, do nothing to the second input surface before aligning. NOTE: setting this attribute to random values will cause unpredictable results and is not supported. Default:false Common flags Derived from mel command maya.cmds.alignSurface
Example:
import pymel.core as pm # Do modify positional continuity on both active surfaces with no history: pm.alignSurface( ch=False, pc=True, pct=6 ) # Do positional and tangent continuity, with the second surface # tangent modified (by default move position continuity is done # on the first surface): pm.alignSurface( tc=True, tct=2 )