I've seen a script or utility that allows one to set a chosen color to an entire figure, but I can't find it now. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Also, does anyone know of a script that makes locking and unlocking body parts a bit less tedious? I can't for the life of me figure out why CL didn't put in the extra hour's work and add such functionality (sorry I'm in a whiney mood today).

Attached Link: http://ockhamsbungalow.com/Python/SetMats.zip

If it works the way you want, I'll
zip it to the website. (Would it be better to lock/unlock the selected part AND all its children?)

Message edited on: 10/04/2004 14:03

If you mean children in the IK chain, then I guess my answer is that it would be great to have the ability to do both. If you mean child props and such, I guess it would be good to have both there too. Perhaps an explanation of how I use lock most often would help. Usually, I'm trying to get hands into position with the transform tool, and I lock hip, abdomen, chest, one or both collars, and one or both hands. It would be great to have a way to lock and unlock the hip, abdomen, chest and collars all at once. Thanks very much for writing that script btw, I'll test it now and let you know what I think.

Wow Ockham, that's pretty darn cool! One minor thing - how about way to add or remove finger parts from the list? When removed, maybe an entry for "right fingers" and "left fingers" (which would include thumb parts)? A second version (rather than a way to switch within the script) would work well too, if making a switch is problematic. Again thanks, that's much nicer than what I was expecting given how quickly you replied.

Ooops, except...I couldn't get it to work. :( Should I have something in particular selected before I run the script, or am I leaving out a step?

Right fingers and left fingers: Yup, I'm thinking along the same lines. Will add that to the script. If you want to use it on a figure, you do need to select the figure first. If there's no figure in the scene, it will give you a list of all props instead. That's the only limitation I know of. It worked fine when I tried it on Misaki.

Hmmm, I still can't get it working (on M3). As far as I can tell, it isn't doing anything. Could there be some difference between the script as you're using it, and as you posted it?

Attached Link: http://ockhamsbungalow.com/Python/LockUnlock.zip

Nope, I tried it this time with the default P5 guy, still no luck. Drat. The only thing I can think of is that I haven't updated to the latest version, I'm running 5.0.4.321.

Oooohhhh! No, it's not your problem.
What the script does is to make the
body part static, which is not the
same thing as locking it.

Static means that you can still
move it in the display, but the
part will hold onto the setting
through all frames of the animation.
Locked means you can't move it
at all.

(Because I'm totally "locked" into
thinking in terms of animation, I
didn't even realize the difference!)

It turns out there's no direct
way to Lock the part using Python;
who knows why.

So I'll have to do this by writing
a back-door PZ2. This will take a bit longer; this PZ2 isn't quite as simple as some of them.

Message edited on: 10/04/2004 21:48

Yeah, I don't animate at all. :) Thanks again, and take your time, I'm in no rush.

Ockham, I found a utility that I'd downloaded and forgotten called bodylock, let me try that out before you go and do a bunch of work that might be reinventing the wheel.