LFdrawpolyTool

[Landis]

Welcome to the LFdrawpolyTool.mel release/support thread!

DESCRIPTION:
This script "draws" quad based polys individualy OR on the surface of the selected mesh (resurfacing).

INSTALLATION:
Place this file into your scripts directory.

For Windows your path should most likely be...
"C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\My Documents\maya\7.0\scripts\LFdrawpolyTool.mel"

For the Mac your path should most likely be...
"Library\Preferences\Alias\maya\7.0\scripts\LFdrawpolyTool.mel"

USAGE:
Enter the LFdrawpolyTool by typing LFdrawpolyTool.mel OR use a shelf button. Once the tool is intialized simply click to place each vertex and press Enter when your done. To use the "resurfacing" feature, select a single mesh (only one object) before running the script in which case the LFdrawpolyTool will assume you want to draw new polys directly on the surface of the selected geometry (a process that is very common in the visual effects industry for resurfacing hi-resolution scan data of actors, props, bigatures, etc.).

PLEASE NOTE:
This script assumes the user intends to model in a "quad compatible" fashion therefore while using the LFdrawpolyTool the user should be creating polygons that will result in an even numbered point count that is greater than 2, otherwise you will end up with tri's which defeats the purpose all together. The "resurfacing" feature only works on geometric objects for obvious reasons (NURBS, poly's, etc.). If you are getting tri's when you should be getting quads then you most-likely need more resolution.

DOWNLOAD:
LFdrawpolyTool v1.0 (mel script)

Cheers,
Landis

[YohimbeArts]

Sweet script Landis, and the demo helped a bunch. Look at you, our own Gnomon tutorial-ist. I bet your whole office is ransacking that one. Anyways, nice job.