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Procedural Animation In Maya with PyMel

April 30, 2015 admin Leave a comment

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import pymel.core as pm; from math import * pm.newFile( force=True ); fps = 30; animationLengthInSeconds = 10; totalFrames = fps * animationLengthInSeconds; numberOfBounces = 3.0; startingAmplitude = 5.0; PI = 3.14159; groundY = 1.0; obj = pm.polySphere(name="MySphere"); pm.autoKeyframe( state = True ); for currentFrame in range(1, totalFrames+1): pm.currentTime(currentFrame, edit=True ); pm.setKeyframe(); t = float(currentFrame) / totalFrames; currentAmplitude = (1.0-t)*startingAmplitude; y = groundY + abs( sin( (t * PI) * numberOfBounces ) * currentAmplitude ); pm.move( 0,y,0, obj );

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import pymel.core as pm; from math import *   pm.newFile( force=True );   fps = 30; animationLengthInSeconds = 10; totalFrames = fps * animationLengthInSeconds; numberOfBounces = 3.0; startingAmplitude = 5.0; PI = 3.14159; groundY = 1.0;   obj = pm.polySphere(name="MySphere");   pm.autoKeyframe( state = True ); for currentFrame in range(1, totalFrames+1):     pm.currentTime(currentFrame, edit=True );     pm.setKeyframe();        t = float(currentFrame) / totalFrames;       currentAmplitude = (1.0-t)*startingAmplitude;          y = groundY + abs( sin( (t * PI) * numberOfBounces ) * currentAmplitude );            pm.move( 0,y,0, obj );

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