3D Animation (Character)

Helpful Mel Scripts

Karl's Key Framer Helper

The MEL script below creates a floating window to help with character animation.

Extremely helpful for those indidviduals who are "clickers" instead of those who love keyboard shortcuts.

global string $select[];
$select = {"placeHolder", "otherPlaceHolder"};
window -resizeToFitChildren 1 KarlsCharacterKeyFramer;
columnLayout;
text -label "Make those keyframes";
button - label "Copy keyframes" -command "timeSliderCopyKey";
button - label "Paste keyframes" -command "timeSliderPasteKey false";
button - label "Delete keyframes" -command "timeSliderClearKey";
button - label "Gizmo Object" -command "manipRotateContext -e -mode 0 Rotate; manipMoveContext -e -mode 0 Move";
button - label "Gizmo World" -command "manipRotateContext -e -mode 1 Rotate; manipMoveContext -e -mode 2 Move";
button - label "Graph Editor" -command "GraphEditor";
button - label "Store Selection" -command "$select = `ls -sl`";
button - label "Get Selection" -command "select -r $select";
button - label "SET KEY" -command "setKeyframe";
button - label "SET KEY BLOCK" -command "setKeyframe -itt linear -ott step";
showWindow;