How to select the new keys to be created?

[dg3duy]

How to select the new keys to be created based on the percentage?

import maya.cmds as mc


def insertKeyPercentage(percentage = 100):

ckey = mc.currentTime(q = True)
keynxt = mc.findKeyframe(t = (ckey,ckey), w = "next")

p = ((keynxt-ckey)/100)*percentage


key1 = mc.setKeyframe(i = True, s = True, t = (round(ckey +p*0.9)))
key2 = mc.setKeyframe(i = True, t = (round(ckey +p*0.8)))
key3 = mc.setKeyframe(i = True, t = (round(ckey +p*0.7)))


insertKeyPercentage(percentage = 100)

[Kahylan · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Since you are creating the keyframe on all keyables and you are inserting it into the timeline at a position where no other keyframes are, you simply can run the selectKey command in the timerange where the keys were created:

import maya.cmds as mc


def insertKeyPercentage(percentage = []):
    
    ckey = mc.currentTime(q = True)
    keynxt = mc.findKeyframe(t = (ckey,ckey), w = "next")
    
    t = []
    for pv in percentage:
        p = ((keynxt-ckey)/100)*pv
        
        
        key1 = mc.setKeyframe(i = True, s = True, t = (round(ckey +p)))
        t.append((round(ckey +p)))
        
    mc.selectKey(t=(t[0],t[-1]))

    


insertKeyPercentage(percentage = [70,80,90])

Also I changed the kwarg "percentage" so it is now a list that takes multiple percentages, so you don't have to hardcode that into the function.

I hope it helps!

[dg3duy]

@Kahylan Excellent, I look at the code and my head explodes a little at how you solved the problem. Thank you very much.