How to select meshGeo that is skinned to joint using Mel?

[mostly_human]

If I only have a reference to a joint how do I select the mesh that the joint is skinned to? Thanks in advance for any help it is much appreciated!

[lee.dunham]

1. Find the skin clusters (there could be more than one) connected to the joint.
2. Get the mesh using the skin clusters.

Untested but should give the idea.

$skins[] = `listConnections -type "skinCluster"`;
$mesh = `skinCluster -geometry $skins[1]`;

Would recommend switching to python if you're able to.

[osidedan · Accepted solution]

What lee.dunham suggests will definitely work! He mentioned it is untested, so I gave it a quick test, and you just need to add a variable type on the first line, and a query flag on the second line for it to work:

string $skins[] = `listConnections -type "skinCluster"`;
$mesh = `skinCluster -q -geometry $skins[1]`;

Edit:
if you need to select the mesh, add this at the end:

select -r $mesh;

and if you need to select the transform instead, add this at the end instead:

$transform = `listRelatives -parent $mesh`;
select -r $transform;

[mostly_human · Accepted solution]

Thanks guys, very much appreciated!

[mspeer]

Hi!

@mostly_human 

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