mgear.rigbits.cycleTweaks module

Cycle Tweaks module

This module content the tools and procedures to rig tweaks with a benigne cycle

mgear.rigbits.cycleTweaks.cycleTweak(name, edgePair, mirrorAxis, baseMesh, rotMesh, transMesh, setupParent, ctlParent, jntOrg=None, grp=None, iconType='square', size=0.025, color=13, ro=pymel.core.datatypes.Vector)

The command to create a cycle tweak.

A cycle tweak is a tweak that cycles to the parent position but doesn’t create a cycle of dependency. This type of tweaks are very useful to create facial tweakers.

Parameters:

  • name (string) – Name for the cycle tweak

  • edgePair (list) – List of edge pair to attach the cycle tweak

  • mirrorAxis (bool) – If true, will mirror the x axis behaviour.

  • baseMesh (Mesh) – The base mesh for the cycle tweak.

  • rotMesh (Mesh) – The mesh that will support the rotation transformations for the cycle tweak

  • transMesh (Mesh) – The mesh that will support the translation and scale transformations for the cycle tweak

  • setupParent (dagNode) – The parent for the setup objects

  • ctlParent (dagNode) – The parent for the control objects

  • jntOrg (None or dagNode, optional) – The parent for the joints

  • grp (None or set, optional) – The set to add the controls

  • iconType (str, optional) – The controls shape

  • size (float, optional) – The control size

  • color (int, optional) – The control color

  • ro (TYPE, optional) – The control shape rotation offset

Returns:

the tweak control and the list of related joints.

Return type:

multi

mgear.rigbits.cycleTweaks.initCycleTweakBase(outMesh, baseMesh, rotMesh, transMesh, staticJnt=None)

Initialice the cycle tweak setup structure

Parameters:

  • outMesh (Mesh) – The output mesh after the tweak deformation

  • baseMesh (Mesh) – The base mesh for the cycle tweak.

  • rotMesh (Mesh) – The mesh that will support the rotation transformations for the cycle tweak

  • transMesh (Mesh) – The mesh that will support the translation and scale transformations for the cycle tweak

  • staticJnt (None or joint, optional) – The static joint for the static vertex.

mgear.rigbits.cycleTweaks.inverseTranslateParent(obj)

Invert the parent transformation

Parameters:

obj (dagNode) – The source dagNode to inver parent transformation.