Scripting

Scripting Summative

UI tool for Maya

{
//  Window
if (`window -ex lizUI`) deleteUI lizUI;
  windowPref  -remove lizUI;
    window -menuBar true -width 50 -title "Liz UI v1.0" lizUI;
    string $form = `formLayout`;
    string $tabs = `tabLayout -innerMarginWidth 40 -innerMarginHeight 20`;
    formLayout -edit
        -attachForm $tabs "top"    0
        -attachForm $tabs "left"   0
        -attachForm $tabs "bottom" 0
        -attachForm $tabs "right"  0
        $form;
       
    //  Menu
    menu -label "Programs" -tearOff true;
        menuItem -label "Photoshop" -command "openPhotoShop";
menuItem -label "Max"-command "openMax";
             
    //  Modelling Layout
    string $child1 = `rowColumnLayout
                        -numberOfColumns 2`;
       
        //  Create tools
        text -label "Create";
        separator -height 12-width 100 -style "doubleDash";
        symbolButton -image "sphere.xpm" -command "polySphere" ;
symbolButton -image "cube.xpm" -command "polyCube";
symbolButton -image "cylinder.xpm" -command "polyCylinder";
        symbolButton -image "plane.xpm" -command "polyPlane";
       
        //  Editing Tools
text -label "Edit Mesh";
        separator -height 12-width 100 -style "doubleDash";
        button -label "Extrude" -command "PolyExtrude";
        button -label "Split Polygon" -command "SplitPolygonTool";
        button-label "Insert Edge Loop" -command "SplitEdgeRingTool";
        button-label "Merge to centre" -command "MergeToCenter";                    
        setParent ..;
                               
     //  Tools Layout
      string $child2 = `rowColumnLayout -numberOfColumns 2`;
          text -label "Edit";
          separator -height 12-width 100 -style "doubleDash";
          button -label "centre Pivot" -command "CenterPivot";            
          button -label "Delete history" -command "DeleteHistory";          
          button-label "FreezeTransformations" -command "FreezeTransformations";    
          button-label "Attributes Editor" -command "ShowAttributeEditorOrChannelBox";
     
          //  Display tools                                      
          text -label "Display";
          separator -height 12-width 100 -style "doubleDash";
          button -label "Face Normals" -command "ToggleFaceNormalDisplay";            
          button -label "Face Centre" -command "TogglePolygonFaceCenters";          
          button-label "BaceFace Culling" -command "ToggleBackfaceGeometry";    
                                     
// Tab Names              
        tabLayout -edit
            -tabLabel $child1 "Modeling" -tabLabel $child2 "Tools" $tabs;

    showWindow lizUI;

};

//  External Software
global proc openPhotoShop()
{
    system ("start C:/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS5.1/Photoshop.exe");
}

global proc openMax()
{
    system ("start C:/Program Files/Autodesk/3ds Max 2013/3dsmax.exe");
}