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propMove( [objects] , [percent=float], [percentX=float], [percentY=float], [percentZ=float], [pivot=[float, float, float]], [rotate=[angle, angle, angle]], [scale=[float, float, float]], [translate=[linear, linear,
linear]])
Note: Strings representing object names and
arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the
synopsis.
propMove is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT
editable.
Performs a proportional translate, scale or rotate operation on any
number of objects. The percentages to rotate, scale or translate by
can be specified using either the -p flags or -px, -py, -pz flags.
Each selected object must have a corresponding -p or -px, -py, -pz
flag. The rotate, scale or translate performed is relative.
None
percent, percentX, percentY,
percentZ, pivot, rotate, scale, translate
| Long name (short name) |
Argument types |
Properties |
percent(p) |
float |
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The percentage effect that the specified x,y,z has on an
object. This flag must be specified once for each object, ie. if
there are 4 objects specified, there must be 4 "-p" flags,
(otherwise a percentage of 1.0 will be used). This flag generally
has a range between 0.0 and 1.0, but can be any float value. |
|
percentX(px) |
float |
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The percentage effect that the specified x has on an object.
This flag is specified one per object. The value ranges between 0.0
and 1.0, but can be any float value. If the -p flag has been
specified, this flag usage is invalid. |
|
percentY(py) |
float |
|
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The percentage effect that the specified y has on an object.
This flag is specified one per object. The value ranges between 0.0
and 1.0, but can be any float value. If the -p flag has been
specified, this flag usage is invalid. |
|
percentZ(pz) |
float |
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The percentage effect that the specified z has on an object.
This flag is specified one per object. The value ranges between 0.0
and 1.0, but can be any float value. If the -p flag has been
specified, this flag usage is invalid. |
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rotate(r) |
[angle, angle, angle] |
|
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Proportionally rotate each object by the given angles. The
rotation values are scaled by the percentage specified by that
object's corresponding "-percent" flag. All angles are in degrees.
The rotation is about the pivot specified by the "-pivot" flag, or
(0, 0, 0) if the "-pivot" flag is not present. |
|
scale(s) |
[float, float, float] |
|
|
Proportionally scale each object by the given amounts. The
scale values are scaled by the percentage specified by that
object's corresponding "-percent" flag. The position and size of
each object is measured relative to the pivot specified by the
"-pivot" flag, and defaults to each object's individual pivot. In
the case of control vertices, or some other object component, the
default is the parent object's pivot. |
|
translate(t) |
[linear, linear, linear] |
|
|
Proportionally translate each object by the given amounts. The
translation values are scaled by the percentage specified by that
object's corresponding "-percent" flag. The "-pivot" flag has no
effect on translation. |
|
pivot(pi) |
[float, float, float] |
|
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Specify the pivot about which a rotation or scale will occur.
The change in pivot lasts only as long as the current 'propMove'
command, and so must be used in conjunction with one of the above
move flags for any effect to be noticeable. |
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| Flag can appear in Create mode of
command |
 Flag can appear in Edit mode of command |
 Flag can appear in Query mode of command |
Flag can have multiple arguments, passed
either as a tuple or a list. |
import maya.cmds as cmds
cmds.propMove( 3, 6, 0, 'surface1', 'surface2', 'surface3', 'surface4', 'surface5', 'surface6', 'surface7', p=[0.1, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, 0.7, 0.5, 0.1] )
# This performs a proportional translate of (3,6,0) on seven surfaces.
# Note that there are 7 "-p" flags, one for each surface.
cmds.propMove( 'surface1', 'surface2', 'surface3', 'surface4', 'surface5', 'surface6', 'surface7', p=[0.1, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, 0.7, 0.5, 0.1], pivot=(1, 1, 1), s=(3, 3, 3) )
# This performs a proportional scale of (3,3,3) on seven surfaces.
# Note that there are 7 "-p" flags, one for each surface. The scale
# happened about the specified pivot (1,1,1).
cmds.propMove( 'surface1', 'surface2', 'surface3', 'surface4', 'surface5', 'surface6', 'surface7', p=[0.1, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, 0.7, 0.5, 0.1], r=(30, 60, 90) )
# This performs a proportional rotate of (30,60,90) on seven surfaces.
# Note that there are 7 "-p" flags, one for each surface.
cmds.propMove( 'surface1', 'surface2', 'surface3', 'surface4', 'surface5', 'surface6', 'surface7', px=[0.1, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, 0.7, 0.5, 0.1], r=(30, 60, 90) )
# This performs a proportional rotate of (30,60,90) on seven surfaces.
# The percentages are only applied on the rotation 30 about the X axis. The
# percentages along Y and Z are 1.0. Note that there are 7 "-px" flags, one
# for each surface. The surfaces are rotated by 60, 90 in Y and Z.