World Bake

Download ml_worldBake.py

Description

Temporarily bake animation to locators in world (or custom) space. Use this tool to preserve the worldspace position of animation when you need to make positional changes to an object’s parent.

Installation

Copy this file into your maya scripts directory, for example:

C:/Documents and Settings/user/My Documents/maya/scripts/ml_worldBake.py

Run the tool in a python shell or shelf button by importing the module, and then calling the primary function:

import ml_worldBake
ml_worldBake.ui()

Usage

Run the tool, select the objects, then press the “To Locators” button. When you’re ready to bake back, select the locators and press the “From Locators” button. Checking “Bake on Ones” will bake every frame, otherwise the keytimes will be derived from the original animation.

Installation

Copy this file into your maya scripts directory, for example: C:/Documents and Settings/user/My Documents/maya/scripts/ml_worldBake.py Run the tool in a python shell or shelf button by importing the module, and then calling the primary function: import ml_worldBake ml_worldBake.ui()

Ui

[Bake Selection To Locators] : Bake selected object to locators specified space. [Bake Selected Locators Back To Objects] : Bake from selected locators back to their source objects. [Re-Parent Animated] : Parent all selected nodes to the last selection. [Un-Parent Animated] : Parent all selected to world. [Bake Selected] : Bake from the first selected object directly to the second. [Bake Selected With Offset] : Bake from the first selected object directly to the second, maintaining offset.

Requirements

This script requires the ml_utilities module, which can be downloaded here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/morganloomis/ml_tools/master/ml_utilities.py

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