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MASH distribute: link to Selection Set via python?

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:20:06 GMT

I can link the MASH distribute node to a selection set in the UI. But I am not able to properly do it in code. Is there a python call to create the link? I tried simply connecting the attributes like this:
cmds.connectAttr(vertSet+".message", mashNetwork.distribute+".selectionSetMessage")

Which appears to work (the UI thinks it's connected), but the network doesn't function properly. Is there a special call to do this, or just some maya connections I can set up so scripting it works identically to doing it manually in the UI?

Re: MASH distribute: link to Selection Set via python?

cheng_xi_li — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 03:07:46 GMT

Hi,

It should be connectNode function of MASH_QLineEditExtend in Maya\plug-ins\MASH\scripts\MASHsingleInputQtWidget.py.

You could write own script base on it.

BTW: For selectionSetMessage, post command should be 'SwitchToVtxSetMode'

Yours,

Re: MASH distribute: link to Selection Set via python?

Mike_Isaakidis — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 21:41:41 GMT

Im not a python expert can someone share the code for it to work?
as above I get the same issue where its connected but doesn't work.

Looked in the MAsh api

meshDistribute(mesh, mode=1)

tried:

mashNetwork.meshDistribute("sel_set", 7)

but that doesnt work either

Re: MASH distribute: link to Selection Set via python?

Mike_Isaakidis — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 22:58:04 GMT

Ah managed to solve it, went exactly where you mentioned and was an easy fix after that.
Thanks Cheng