topic Re: Xgen: Guides to Curves with Python in Maya Programming Forum

Xgen: Guides to Curves with Python

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:31:03 GMT

Hello there!

Does anyone know of a way to convert all the guide curves from a spline based description into Maya curves using script?

I was able to use the following code to do it,

pm.mel.xgmGuidesToCurvesToolCreate()

but it only works when user toggles on the "Guides to Curves" in the utility tab. Otherwise it gave me an error saying:

// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2018/plug-ins/xgen/scripts/xgmGuidesToCurvesTool.mel line 72: Object 'xgmGuidesToCurvesToolGuideStat' not found. //

If anyone can help me out that would be great!

Thanks!

Re: Xgen: Guides to Curves with Python

joshua_e_mock — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:34:24 GMT

I'm curious if you ever found a solution to this problem. I'm having the same issue.

Re: Xgen: Guides to Curves with Python

sujantuladhar1 — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:30:07 GMT

import maya.cmds as cmds
import xgenm as xg
import xgenm.xgGlobal as xgg

if xgg.Maya:

palettes = xg.palettes()
for palette in palettes:

descriptions = xg.descriptions(palette)
for description in descriptions:
print " Description:" + description
guidesName = xg.descriptionGuides(description)
print guidesName
cmds.select(guidesName, r = True)
mel.eval('xgmCreateCurvesFromGuidesOption(0, 0, "%s")' % (description+"_Curves"))

Re: Xgen: Guides to Curves with Python

joshua_e_mock — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:41:10 GMT

This worked perfectly! Thanks!