pr_Spawner

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# PARTICLE SPAWNER: Creates the pSets of emitters, particals and geometry.
# ( Brian Williams (Translator) / Scott Cormier (Creator) ) 2011
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# To-Do List
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"""
- Use the inputted name as the instantiated class name when making new rigs, this way you can have multiple sequences...populate
a list of the sets with a loop then group them so that there is a hierachy.

-Encapsualte into this one file and reference it in another file for easy reading.

"""
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# Importing
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"""
from pymel.core import *
import maya.cmds as mc
"""
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class ParticleSpawner():

    cntSet = 1
    group( em=True, name='Root' )

    def makeEmitters(self, emitAmt = 0, placer = 0):

        for i in range(0,emitAmt,1):
            select(cl=True)
            lpIndex = i+1
            emitter(n='emit_' + str(self.cntSet) + '_' + str(lpIndex))
            particle(n='part_'  + str(self.cntSet) + '_' + str(lpIndex))
            connectDynamic('part_' + str(self.cntSet) + '_' + str(lpIndex), em='emit_' + str(self.cntSet) + '_' + str(lpIndex))
            spaceLocator(n='pLoc_'  + str(self.cntSet) + '_' + str(lpIndex))
            parent('emit_' + str(self.cntSet) + '_' + str(lpIndex),'pLoc_'  + str(self.cntSet) + '_' + str(lpIndex))
            parent('part_' + str(self.cntSet) + '_' + str(lpIndex),'pLoc_'  + str(self.cntSet) + '_' + str(lpIndex))

        polyCube(n='pRigRoot_' + str(self.cntSet))
        select('pLoc_'+ str(self.cntSet) + '_*', 'pRigRoot_' + str(self.cntSet))
        group(n='pSet_' + str(self.cntSet))

    def popSet(self,emitAmt):
        self.makeEmitters(emitAmt)
        parent('pSet_' + str(self.cntSet), 'Root')
        self.cntSet += 1

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# Run Script: mc.file( f=True, new=True )
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#Run This and Above class first
rigTest = ParticleSpawner()
rigTest.cntSet = 1

# Run this for every time you want a new pSet, the argument controls how many emitters are in each pSet
rigTest.popSet(2)