glmCreatePopulationTool
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The glmCreatePopulationTool command allows to create a Population Tool Locator:
int glmCreatePopulationTool [-shape string] [-center float float float] [-diagonal float float float] [-points float float float] [-forwards float float float] [-normals float float float] [-radius float] [-emitterParticleSystem string] [-mesh string] [-curve string]
Flags
| Long name (short name) | Argument types | Properties | Description |
| -shape (-s) | string | mandatory | Shape type of the resulting locator. Valid values are point, quad, polygon, circle, triangle, multipoints, mesh, curve, scatter, sphere, mayaEmitter |
| -center (-c) | float float float | Position of the center of the locator when shape is point, circle or sphere | |
| -diagonal (-d) | float float float | multi use | Two positions of the locator diagonal when shape is quad |
| -points (-p) | float float float | multi use | Positions of the custom shape locator when shape is polygon, triangle or multipoints |
| -forwards (-f) | float float float | multi use | Forward vectors of the slots when shape is multipoints |
| -normals (-n) | float float float | multi use | Normal vectors of the slots when shape is multipoints |
| -radius (-r) | float | Radius of the locator when shape is circle or sphere | |
| -crowdEntityTypes (-cet) | string | multi use | Name of all the Crowd Entity Types to assign to the slots |
| -mesh (-msh) | string | Name of the Maya mesh to attach to when shape is mesh | |
| -curve (-crv) | string | Name of the Maya curve to attach to when shape is curve |
Return Value
This command returns true if it succeeds in creating the locator:
MEL Examples
// create a grid population tool
glmCreatePopulationTool -shape point -center 0 0 0 -crowdEntityTypes "manTypeShape" -crowdEntityTypes "womanTypeShape" ;
// Result: 1 //
Python Examples
# Create a grid population tool
import maya.cmds as cmds
cmds.glmCreatePopulationTool(shape="point", center=[0, 0, 0], crowdEntityTypes=["manTypeShape", "womanTypeShape"])
# Result: True #