Muscle_Strand : Helper

The following properties are actually exposed by the Interfaces below:

 <Muscle_Strand>.CurrentLength Float default: -4.31602e+008 -- float;   

Contains the current length of the Muscle Strand.

Read-only.

 <Muscle_Strand>.CurrentScale Float default: 1.0 -- float; 

Contains the current scale of the Muscle Strand.

Read-only.

 <Muscle_Strand>.DefaultLength Float default: 0.0 -- float; 

Get/set the default length of the Muscle Strand.

 <Muscle_Strand>.Handles Array default: #($Muscle_Handle:Muscle Strand001M_Start @ [0.000000,0.000000,0.000000], $Muscle_Handle:Muscle Strand001M_StartHdl @ [0.000000,0.000000,0.000000], $Muscle_Handle:Muscle Strand001M_End @ [0.000000,0.000000,0.000000], $Muscle_Handle:Muscle Strand001M_EndHdl @ [0.000000,0.000000,0.000000]) -- node by value array; 

Contains an array of Muscle_Handle objects

Read-only.

 <Muscle_Strand>.HandleSize Float default: 10.0 -- float 

Get/set the size of the Muscle Handles.

 <Muscle_Strand>.HandlesVisible BooleanClass default: true -- boolean 

Get/set the state of the visibility option of the Muscle Handles.

 <Muscle_Strand>.LMR Integer default: 0 -- integer 

Get/set the location of the Muscle Strand within the rig.

Possible values are:

-1 - left

0 - center

1 - right

 <Muscle_Strand>.NumSpheres Integer default: 7 -- integer 

Get/set the number of spheres used to approximate the shape of the muscle.

 <Muscle_Strand>.SquashStretch BooleanClass default: false -- boolean 

Get/set the state of the squash/stretch option of the Muscle Strand.

 <Muscle_Strand>.SquashStretchScale Float default: 1.0 -- float 

Get/set the Squash/Stretch Scale value of the Muscle Strand.

Muscle_Strand interfaces:

Interface: CATMuscleStrand Functions 

Properties:

.LMR : integer : Read|Write 

Get/set the location of the Muscle Strand within the rig.

Possible values are:

-1 - left

0 - center

1 - right

 .HandleSize : float : Read|Write 

Get/set the handle size of the muscle.

 .HandlesVisible : boolean : Read|Write 

Get/set whether the handles are visible or not.

 .Handles : node by value array : Read 

Contains an array of Muscle_Handle objects

Read-only.

 .NumSpheres : integer : Read|Write 

Get/set the number of spheres used to approximate the shape of the muscle.

 .CurrentLength : float : Read 

Contains the current length of the Muscle Strand.

Read-only.

 .CurrentScale : float : Read 

Contains the current scale of the Muscle Strand.

Read-only.

 .SquashStretch : boolean : Read|Write 

Get/set the state of the squash/stretch option of the Muscle Strand.

 .DefaultLength : float : Read|Write 

Get/set the default length of the Muscle Strand.

.SquashStretchScale: float : Read|Write 

Get/set the Squash/Stretch Scale value of the Muscle Strand.

Methods:

 <void>PasteStand <maxObject>SourceStrand 

Pastes the settings from the source strand supplied as first argument.

 <float>GetSphereRadius <index>index 

Returns the Sphere readius of the indexed sphere.

 <void>SetSphereRadius <index>index <float>value 

Sets the readius of the indexed sphere to the valuesupplied as second argument.

 <float>GetSphereUStart <index>index 

Returns the U Start of the indexed sphere.

 <void>SetSphereUStart <index>index <float>value 

SetstheU Startof the indexed sphereto the value supplied as second argument.

 <float>GetSphereUEnd <index>index 

Returns theU Endof the indexed sphere.

 <void>SetSphereUEnd <index>index <float>value 

Sets the U End of the indexed sphere to the value supplied as second argument.

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