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();

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 ;