In MEL is there a way to query the x,y,z rotation of the move tool when set to component?

[malcolm_341]

It would be super helpful if there was a way to query the angle of the move tool manipulator when set to component mode. I tried

float $locatorTargetAngle[] = `manipMoveContext -q -orientAxes "Move"`;

but that did not give me the correct angle.

[brentmc · Accepted solution]

Hi Malcolm,

You are on the right track. That command returns the angles in radians but I assume you want degrees so you need to use rad_to_deg to convert the values like this:

float $locatorTargetAngle[] = `manipMoveContext -q -orientAxes "Move"`;
$locatorTargetAngle[0] = rad_to_deg($locatorTargetAngle[0]);
$locatorTargetAngle[1] = rad_to_deg($locatorTargetAngle[1]);
$locatorTargetAngle[2] = rad_to_deg($locatorTargetAngle[2]);

--

Brent

[malcolm_341]

Yes that's it, thanks very much that's a super powerful command now. Going to use this for a lot of different scripts.