Test Code

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import maya.cmds as mc


def gear():
    #prompt box
    pdStatus = mc.promptDialog(t="Make Gear",message = 'How Many Teeth Do You Want?', button = ("ok","Random","Line Of Gears!!"))
    if pdStatus == "ok":
        teethNumber = mc.promptDialog(query=1, text=1)

        teethNumber = int(teethNumber)
        gear = mc.polyPipe(sa=teethNumber*2,h = .5,)


        #intSA is pipes subdivision axis
        intSA = mc.getAttr(gear[1]+'.subdivisionsAxis')
        #formula to get face start and end for inner and outer
        intStartFace = intSA * 2
        intEndFace = intSA * 3 -1
        #clear slelection
        mc.select(clear = 1)
        for i in range(intStartFace, intEndFace, 2):
            # selects the faces
            mc.select(gear[0]+'.f[%d]' %i, add=True)
        mc.polyExtrudeFacet(localTranslateZ = .5)
        mc.polySmooth(gear[0], continuity = 0.5)
    if pdStatus == "Random":
        import random as r
        teethNumber = r.randint(5,12)
        print 'Gear with %i manny cogs'%teethNumber
        teethNumber = int(teethNumber)
        gear = mc.polyPipe(sa=teethNumber*2,h = .5,)


        #intSA is pipes subdivision axis
        intSA = mc.getAttr(gear[1]+'.subdivisionsAxis')
        #formula to get face start and end for inner and outer
        intStartFace = intSA * 2
        intEndFace = intSA * 3 -1
        #clear slelection
        mc.select(clear = 1)
        for i in range(intStartFace, intEndFace, 2):
            # selects the faces
            mc.select(gear[0]+'.f[%d]' %i, add=True)
        mc.polyExtrudeFacet(localTranslateZ = .5)
        mc.polySmooth(gear[0], continuity = 0.5)

    if pdStatus == "Line Of Gears!!":
        for x in range(1,11):
            print x
            p = 0
            teethNumber = 5
            teethNumber = int(teethNumber)
            gear = mc.polyPipe(n = "gear%i"%x,sa=teethNumber*2,h = .5,)
            print gear
        #intSA is pipes subdivision axis
            intSA = mc.getAttr(gear[p]+'.subdivisionsAxis')
        #formula to get face start and end for inner and outer
            intStartFace = intSA * 2
            intEndFace = intSA * 3 -1
        #clear slelection
            mover = 0
            mover += 2.4
            mc.move(mover,0,0,'gear%i'%x, r=1 )
            mc.select(clear = 1)
            print intSA, 'is intSA'
            p += 1
"""
            for l in range(intStartFace, intEndFace, 2):
            # selects the faces
                mc.select('gear1.f[%d]'%l, add=True)
                mc.polyExtrudeFacet(localTranslateZ = .5)
                mc.polySmooth(gear[0], continuity = 0.5)

"""

gear()