def setUpStretchyJointSegment(self, rootJoint, endJoint):
## create polevector control
poleVectorControl = cmds.spaceLocator(name = self.moduleName + ":" + util.stripNamespace(rootJoint)[1] + "_poleVectorLocator")[0]
poleVectorControl_grp = cmds.group(poleVectorControl, name = self.moduleName + ":" + util.stripNamespace(rootJoint)[1] + "_poleVectorLocator_grp")
cmds.setAttr(poleVectorControl + ".ty", -0.5)
cmds.setAttr(poleVectorControl + ".v", 0)
## add stretch ik to joints
stretchy_ik = util.stretchy_ik(rootJoint, endJoint, self.moduleName, poleVectorObject = poleVectorControl)
rootLocator = stretchy_ik["rootLocator"]
endLocator = stretchy_ik["endLocator"]
ikHandle = stretchy_ik["ikHandle"]
## parent objects
doNotTouch_grp =stretchy_ik["doNotTouch_grp"]
## determine the translation control names
parentTranslationControl = self.moduleName + ":" + util.stripNamespace(rootJoint)[1] + "_translation_control"
childTranslationControl = self.moduleName + ":" + util.stripNamespace(endJoint)[1] + "_translation_control"
## point constraint root locator to root joint
rootLocator_pointConstraint = cmds.pointConstraint(rootJoint, rootLocator, maintainOffset = False, name = rootLocator + "_pointConstraint")[0]
## point constraint end locator to translation control
endLocator_pointConstraint = cmds.pointConstraint(childTranslationControl, endLocator, maintainOffset = False, name = endLocator + "_childTranslationControlConstraint")[0]
poleVectorControl_parentConstraint = cmds.parentConstraint(parentTranslationControl, poleVectorControl_grp, maintainOffset = False, name = rootLocator + "_poleVectorLocatorConstraint")[0]
#cmds.parent(translation_controlGRP, self.controls_grp)
return doNotTouch_grp, poleVectorControl_grp
def loadJointRepresentation(self, joint):
joint_representation = None
jointChild = cmds.listRelatives(joint, children = True, type = "joint")
if jointChild != None:
jointChild = jointChild[0]
path = environ.ControlObjectsPath + "joint_representation.ma"
cmds.file(path, i = True, ignoreVersion = True, renameAll=True, mergeNamespacesOnClash=True, namespace=':', options='v=0;')
joint_representation = cmds.rename("jointRep_geo", self.moduleName + ":" + util.stripNamespace(joint)[1] + "_jointRepresentation_geo")
cmds.parent(joint_representation, joint, a = True)
cmds.setAttr(joint_representation + ".t", 0, 0, 0)
cmds.setAttr(joint_representation + ".r", 0, 0, 0)
cmds.connectAttr(jointChild + ".tx", joint_representation + ".sx")
cmds.parent(joint_representation, world = True)
joint_representation_parentConstraint = cmds.parentConstraint(joint,joint_representation, maintainOffset = True, name = self.moduleName + ":" + util.stripNamespace(joint)[1] + "_jointRepParentConstraint")[0]
return joint_representation
def loadTranslationControl(self, joint):
path = environ.ControlObjectsPath + "translation_control.ma"
cmds.file(path, i = True, ignoreVersion = True, renameAll=True, mergeNamespacesOnClash=True, namespace=':', options='v=0;')
translation_control = cmds.rename("translation_control", self.moduleName + ":" + util.stripNamespace(joint)[1] + "_translation_control")
translation_controlGRP = cmds.group(translation_control, n = self.moduleName + ":" + util.stripNamespace(joint)[1] + "_translation_controlGRP")
cmds.parent(translation_controlGRP, self.moduleControl, a = True)
cmds.xform(translation_controlGRP, ws = True, a = True, translation = (cmds.xform(joint, q = True, ws = True, a = True, translation = True)) )
return translation_control
