Primitive Maya CV Curves

Shapes

Circle with pointer

// ==========================================
// Pointer Sphere Curve Tool (MEL)
// ==========================================

global proc createPointerSphereCurve(float $radius, float $length)
{
    int $segments = 12;
    float $angleStep = 360.0 / $segments;

    string $cmd = "curve -d 1";

    // Pointer tip at origin
    $cmd += " -p 0 0 0";

    // Tail connection
    $cmd += (" -p 0 0 -" + $length);

    // Sphere loop (YZ plane)
    for ($i = 0; $i <= $segments; $i++)
    {
        float $angle = deg_to_rad($i * $angleStep);
        float $y = sin($angle) * $radius;
        float $z = cos($angle) * $radius - $length;

        $cmd += (" -p 0 " + $y + " " + $z);
    }

    // Create curve
    string $curve = `eval $cmd`;
    rename $curve "pointerSphere_CRV";

    // Pivot at origin
    xform -ws -piv 0 0 0;

    // Freeze transforms
    makeIdentity -apply true -t 1 -r 1 -s 1 -n 0;
}


// ==========================================
// UI
// ==========================================
global proc pointerSphereUI()
{
    if (`window -exists pointerSphereWin`)
        deleteUI pointerSphereWin;

    window -title "Pointer Sphere Curve" -widthHeight 260 120 pointerSphereWin;
    columnLayout -adj true -rowSpacing 6;

    floatFieldGrp -label "Radius" -numberOfFields 1 -value1 1.0 radiusField;
    floatFieldGrp -label "Length" -numberOfFields 1 -value1 3.0 lengthField;

    separator -h 10;

    button
        -label "Create Curve"
        -height 30
        -command "float $r = `floatFieldGrp -q -value1 radiusField`; float $l = `floatFieldGrp -q -value1 lengthField`; createPointerSphereCurve($r, $l);";

    showWindow pointerSphereWin;
}


// ==========================================
// Launch
// ==========================================
pointerSphereUI();

Sunburst with popup

// ==========================================
// Sunburst CV Curve Tool (MEL)
// ==========================================

global proc createSunburstCurve_UI(float $radius, int $spikes, float $burstOffset, string $plane)
{
    if ($spikes < 3)
        $spikes = 3;

    float $angleStep = 360.0 / ($spikes * 2);
    string $cmd = "curve -d 1";

    for ($i = 0; $i <= ($spikes * 2); $i++)
    {
        float $angle = deg_to_rad($i * $angleStep);

        float $currentRadius = ($i % 2 == 0) ? $radius : ($radius + $burstOffset);

        float $a = sin($angle) * $currentRadius;
        float $b = cos($angle) * $currentRadius;

        // Plane selection
        if ($plane == "X")
            $cmd += (" -p 0 " + $a + " " + $b);
        else if ($plane == "Y")
            $cmd += (" -p " + $a + " 0 " + $b);
        else
            $cmd += (" -p " + $a + " " + $b + " 0");
    }

    string $curve = `eval $cmd`;
    rename $curve "sunburst_CRV";

    xform -ws -piv 0 0 0;
    makeIdentity -apply true -t 1 -r 1 -s 1 -n 0;
}


// ==========================================
// UI
// ==========================================
global proc sunburstUI()
{
    if (`window -exists sunburstWin`)
        deleteUI sunburstWin;

    window -title "Sunburst Curve" -widthHeight 280 200 sunburstWin;
    columnLayout -adj true -rowSpacing 6;

    floatFieldGrp -label "Circle Radius" -numberOfFields 1 -value1 2.0 radiusField;
    intFieldGrp   -label "Number of Spikes" -numberOfFields 1 -value1 12 spikesField;
    floatFieldGrp -label "Burst Offset (+/-)" -numberOfFields 1 -value1 1.0 offsetField;

    optionMenuGrp -label "Plane" planeMenu;
        menuItem -label "X";
        menuItem -label "Y";
        menuItem -label "Z";

    separator -h 10;

    button
        -label "Create Sunburst"
        -height 30
        -command "float $r = `floatFieldGrp -q -value1 radiusField`; int $s = `intFieldGrp -q -value1 spikesField`; float $o = `floatFieldGrp -q -value1 offsetField`; string $p = `optionMenuGrp -q -value planeMenu`; createSunburstCurve_UI($r, $s, $o, $p);";

    showWindow sunburstWin;
}


// ==========================================
// Launch
// ==========================================
sunburstUI();

Forms

Hedron

curve -d 1 -p 0 0 -0.707107 -p 0.707107 0 0 -p 0 0 0.707107 -p -0.707107 0 0 -p 0 0 -0.707107 -p 0 1 0 -p 0 0 0.707107 -p 0 -1 0 -p 0 0 -0.707107 -p -0.707107 0 0 -p 0 1 0 -p 0.707107 0 0 -p 0 -1 0 -p -0.707107 0 0 -k 0 -k 1 -k 2 -k 3 -k 4 -k 5 -k 6 -k 7 -k 8 -k 9 -k 10 -k 11 -k 12 -k 13 ;

Hedron with pointer

curve -d 1 -p 0 0 0 -p 0 0 2.292893 -p 0.707107 0 3 -p 0 0 3.707107 -p -0.707107 0 3 -p 0 0 2.292893 -p 0 1 3 -p 0 0 3.707107 -p 0 -1 3 -p 0 0 2.292893 -p -0.707107 0 3 -p 0 1 3 -p 0.707107 0 3 -p 0 -1 3 -p -0.707107 0 3 -k 0 -k 1 -k 2 -k 3 -k 4 -k 5 -k 6 -k 7 -k 8 -k 9 -k 10 -k 11 -k 12 -k 13 -k 14 ;

Sphere

curve -d 1 -p 0 1 0 -p 0 0.866025 -0.5 -p 0 0.5 -0.866025 -p 0 0 -1 -p 0 -0.5 -0.866025 -p 0 -0.866025 -0.5 -p 0 -1 0 -p 0 -0.866025 0.5 -p 0 -0.5 0.866025 -p 0 0 1 -p 0 0.5 0.866025 -p 0 0.866025 0.5 -p 0 1 0 -p -0.5 0.866025 0 -p -0.866025 0.5 0 -p -1 0 0 -p -0.866025 -0.5 0 -p -0.5 -0.866025 0 -p 0 -1 0 -p 0.5 -0.866025 0 -p 0.866025 -0.5 0 -p 1 0 0 -p 0.866025 0.5 0 -p 0.5 0.866025 0 -p 0 1 0 -p 0 0.866025 0.5 -p 0 0.5 0.866025 -p 0 0 1 -p 0.5 0 0.866025 -p 0.866025 0 0.5 -p 1 0 0 -p 0.866025 0 -0.5 -p 0.5 0 -0.866025 -p 0 0 -1 -p -0.5 0 -0.866025 -p -0.866025 0 -0.5 -p -1 0 0 -p -0.866025 0 0.5 -p -0.5 0 0.866025 -p 0 0 1 -k 0 -k 1 -k 2 -k 3 -k 4 -k 5 -k 6 -k 7 -k 8 -k 9 -k 10 -k 11 -k 12 -k 13 -k 14 -k 15 -k 16 -k 17 -k 18 -k 19 -k 20 -k 21 -k 22 -k 23 -k 24 -k 25 -k 26 -k 27 -k 28 -k 29 -k 30 -k 31 -k 32 -k 33 -k 34 -k 35 -k 36 -k 37 -k 38 -k 39 ;

Sphere with pointer

curve -d 1 -p 0 0 0 -p 0 0 -2 -p -0.5 0 -2.133975 -p -0.866025 0 -2.5 -p -1 0 -3 -p -0.866025 0 -3.5 -p -0.5 0 -3.866025 -p 0 0 -4 -p 0.5 0 -3.866025 -p 0.866025 0 -3.5 -p 1 0 -3 -p 0.866025 0 -2.5 -p 0.5 0 -2.133975 -p 0 0 -2 -p 0 0.5 -2.133975 -p 0 0.866025 -2.5 -p 0 1 -3 -p 0 0.866025 -3.5 -p 0 0.5 -3.866025 -p 0 0 -4 -p 0 -0.5 -3.866025 -p 0 -0.866025 -3.5 -p 0 -1 -3 -p 0 -0.866025 -2.5 -p 0 -0.5 -2.133975 -p 0 0 -2 -p 0 0.5 -2.133975 -p 0 0.866025 -2.5 -p 0 1 -3 -p 0.5 0.866025 -3 -p 0.866025 0.5 -3 -p 1 0 -3 -p 0.866025 -0.5 -3 -p 0.5 -0.866025 -3 -p 0 -1 -3 -p -0.5 -0.866025 -3 -p -0.866025 -0.5 -3 -p -1 0 -3 -p -0.866025 0.5 -3 -p -0.5 0.866025 -3 -p 0 1 -3 -k 0 -k 1 -k 2 -k 3 -k 4 -k 5 -k 6 -k 7 -k 8 -k 9 -k 10 -k 11 -k 12 -k 13 -k 14 -k 15 -k 16 -k 17 -k 18 -k 19 -k 20 -k 21 -k 22 -k 23 -k 24 -k 25 -k 26 -k 27 -k 28 -k 29 -k 30 -k 31 -k 32 -k 33 -k 34 -k 35 -k 36 -k 37 -k 38 -k 39 -k 40 ;

Sphere with pointer Popup

// ==========================================
// Pointer + Sphere CV Control (MEL)
// ==========================================

global proc createPointerSphereCurve(float $radius, float $length)
{
    int $seg = 12;
    float $step = 360.0 / $seg;

    string $cmd = "curve -d 1";

    // --------------------------
    // Pointer tip
    // --------------------------
    $cmd += " -p 0 0 0";
    $cmd += (" -p 0 0 -" + $length);

    // --------------------------
    // Equator ring (XZ plane)
    // --------------------------
    for ($i = 0; $i <= $seg; $i++)
    {
        float $a = deg_to_rad($i * $step);
        float $x = cos($a) * $radius;
        float $z = sin($a) * $radius - $length;

        $cmd += (" -p " + $x + " 0 " + $z);
    }

    // --------------------------
    // Longitude arcs (4 directions)
    // --------------------------
    float $dirs[4] = {0, 90, 180, 270};

    for ($d in $dirs)
    {
        for ($i = 0; $i <= $seg/2; $i++)
        {
            float $a = deg_to_rad(-90 + ($i * (180.0 / ($seg/2))));
            float $y = sin($a) * $radius;
            float $r = cos($a) * $radius;

            float $x = cos(deg_to_rad($d)) * $r;
            float $z = sin(deg_to_rad($d)) * $r - $length;

            $cmd += (" -p " + $x + " " + $y + " " + $z);
        }
    }

    // --------------------------
    // Hemisphere arc (YZ plane)
    // --------------------------
    for ($i = 0; $i <= $seg/2; $i++)
    {
        float $a = deg_to_rad($i * (180.0 / ($seg/2)));
        float $y = cos($a) * $radius;
        float $z = sin($a) * $radius - $length;

        $cmd += (" -p 0 " + $y + " " + $z);
    }

    // Create curve
    string $crv = `eval $cmd`;
    rename $crv "pointerSphere_CRV";

    // Pivot at origin
    xform -ws -piv 0 0 0;

    // Freeze
    makeIdentity -apply true -t 1 -r 1 -s 1 -n 0;
}


// ==========================================
// UI
// ==========================================
global proc pointerSphereUI()
{
    if (`window -exists pointerSphereWin`)
        deleteUI pointerSphereWin;

    window -title "Pointer Sphere Curve" -widthHeight 260 120 pointerSphereWin;
    columnLayout -adj true -rowSpacing 6;

    floatFieldGrp -label "Radius" -numberOfFields 1 -value1 1.0 radiusField;
    floatFieldGrp -label "Length" -numberOfFields 1 -value1 3.0 lengthField;

    separator -h 10;

    button
        -label "Create Curve"
        -height 30
        -command "float $r = `floatFieldGrp -q -value1 radiusField`; float $l = `floatFieldGrp -q -value1 lengthField`; createPointerSphereCurve($r, $l);";

    showWindow pointerSphereWin;
}


// ==========================================
// Launch
// ==========================================
pointerSphereUI();