cly_pivotReflectionModeling.mel 2.0.5 for Maya (maya script)

email: RogerKlado@gmail.com

version 2.0.5 ( multiple bug fix release )


cly_pivotReflectionModeling.mel is a Maya symmetry solution that
mirrors ( or auto-mirrors ) based on pivot location.

with the auto mirror scriptJob running... Maya's tools and actions are all reflected after every edit.
( like a negatively scaled instance but without the hard seam or set-up hassle )


USAGE:
This script requires user to follow such a werkflow as:

Optionally, run cly_pivotReflectionModelingPrefs.mel to set preferences. then...
Simply Modify -> center pivot or...
Hit yer insert key and interactively place each mesh's pivot. or..
Do nothing ( yer pivot was peachy to begin with ) and
Execute this script cly_pivotReflectionModeling to mirror across the pivot position.
The script automates deletion of half yer model,
mirrors yer object, mirroring edits
and history across the pivot axis ( reflected extrudes, polysplits etc...)

Stray vertices @ the origin are cleaned "centered".
( dependent on the "Origin Straighten Threshold" in cly_pivotReflectionModelingPrefs.mel )

Holes outside the merge threshold are preserved.

If present, edge smoothing at the origin loop is preserved.

if cly_autoMirrorScriptJob.mel's scriptJob UI is running then mirroing is automated on any object after each edit.
( any poly mesh with focus is auto mirrored )


ASSUMES USER HAS AN ORIGIN EDGELOOP ( "SAVE FOR MINI-MISTAKES WITHIN THE CORRECTIVE THRESHOLD SET IN
PREFERENCES" ) THAT IS ALIGNED STRAIGHT WITH THE AXIS OF THEIR PREFERENCE.

version 2.0.5
multiple bug fixes:

the userSetup.mel code to re-establish shelfButton popUp menus failed if the tablayout was not visible.
( the `lsUI` control search would fail )

multiple fixes  for multiple objects with matching names failure:
  ( variable for object failed to be recognized when there were copies matching the
  same name in different paths.  
   // Error: file: %%/cly_pivotReflectionModeling.mel line 841: No object matches name: |pCube1 //  )
 
  symmetry utilities would "break;" without resetting orientaion offset and original parent.

version 2.0.2 includes new menus for additional symmetry utilities and

a fix for softSelect corruption of mirrors

I'll try to post a video capture of an example workflow later.
If not, with the setUp option... a shelfButton is created overloaded with a
popUp menu that will get u to all the features under the hood.