MEL Script to create controller at a single selected joint
/* ----------------------------- CREATE CTRL AT SELECTED JOINT ----------------------------- Function: Creates a controller at the joint select with the suffix "_Ctrl" How to use: 1. Source rf_jnt2ctrl.mel 2. Select a joint 3. rf_jnt2ctrl(); Possible improvements: 1. Application on multiple joints 2. User input for controller size Date released: 04 June 2013 Created by Ronald Fong */ global proc rf_jnt2ctrl(){ //DEFINE VARIABLES 1. JNT 2. CTRL $jnt = `ls -sl`; $ctrlSize = 1; circle -n ($jnt[0] + "_Ctrl") -c 0 0 0 -nr 0 1 0 -sw 360 -r $ctrlSize -d 3 -ut 0 -tol 0.01 -s 8 -ch 1; objectMoveCommand; $ctrl = $jnt[0] + "_Ctrl"; //MOVE CTRL TO JNT POS select -r $jnt $ctrl; doCreateParentConstraintArgList 1 { "0","0","0","0","0","0","0","1","","1" }; parentConstraint -weight 1; //DELETE RE-POS PARENT CONSTRAINT delete ($ctrl + "_parentConstraint1") ; //FREEZE + DEL HIST CTRL select -r $ctrl; FreezeTransformations; DeleteHistory; //CTRL TO CONTROL JNT select -r $ctrl $jnt ; doCreateParentConstraintArgList 1 { "1","0","0","0","0","0","0","1","","1" }; parentConstraint -mo -weight 1; } //rf_jnt2ctrl();
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