[Closed] Align and MaxScript

let me see ur scene file . show what u now have and what u need . so i can compare , and get what u really want .
maybe i can help u .
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I’m not sure what you mean by on only one axis. Just how is that going to work?

Hi Guys

Thanks for getting back and sorry I didnt come back sooner but I have been very busy.

I will try and put together a scene ASAP and upload it with a better explanation.

Thanks

Harry

hblan

I cant get you the scene just yet as it is at work. Will do on Monday.

PEN

I will try and explain it a little better. I am positioning 4 Helpers on a pre-rotated camera. Each helper controls a particular aspect of the camera i.e. Move / Heading / Pitch and Bank. I need to create the helpers so they are aligned to the existing camera in only the axis in which they could have moved i.e. the Heading helper can only rotate around its local Z even if the camera is oriented around its pitch or bank.

I created a similar script to create the camera I want in a default orientation. This is the same as what I require but the camera does not exist in the scene and is created by the script. The helpers are the same as are the controllers.

try (destroyDialog SuperCam)catch()
rollout SuperCam “SuperCamera” width:160 height:232
(
label LBL_SuperCam “Super Camera” pos:[43,8] width:139 height:21
editText ETCamName “” pos:[24,80] width:112 height:24
label lbl_SupCamName “Camera Name:” pos:[43,59] width:104 height:16
button btn_makecam “Make Camera” pos:[43,128] width:80 height:88
on btn_makecam pressed do
(
MyCam = FreeCamera()
MyCam.name = ETCamname.text + “_CAM”
MyCam.Wirecolor = orange
MyCam.dir = [0,1,0]
MyCamMover = Point()
MyCamMover.box = false
MyCamMover.Cross = true
MyCamMover.size = 200
MyCamMover.pos = MyCam.pos
MyCamMover.name = (MyCam.name) + “_Mover”
MyCamMover.wireColor = [125,125,125]
MyCamHeading = Point()
MyCamHeading.box = true
MyCamHeading.Cross = false
MyCamHeading.pos = MyCam.pos
MyCamHeading.size = 150
MyCamHeading.name = (MyCam.name) + “_Heading”
MyCamPitch = Point()
MyCamPitch.box = true
MyCamPitch.Cross = false
MyCamPitch.pos = MyCam.pos
MyCamPitch.size = 100
MyCamPitch.name = (MyCam.name) + “_Pitch”
MyCamPitch.wirecolor = green
MyCamBank = Point()
MyCamBank.box = true
MyCamBank.Cross = false
MyCamBank.pos = MyCam.pos
MyCamBank.size = 50
MyCamBank.name = (MyCam.name) + “_Bank”
MyCamBank.wirecolor = Blue
MyCam.parent = MyCamBank
MyCamBank.parent = MyCamPitch
MyCamPitch.parent = MyCamHeading
MyCamHeading.parent = MyCamMover
MycamHeading.wirecolor = red
MyCamBank.Rotation = eulerangles -90 0 0
setTransformLockFlags MyCamMover #{4,5,6,7,8,9}
setTransformLockFlags MyCamPitch #{1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9}
setTransformLockFlags MyCamBank #{1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9}
setTransformLockFlags MyCamHeading #{1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9}
MyNoise = Noise_Rotation()
MyCam.rotation.controller = MyNoise
MyNoise.noise_strength = [0, 0, 0]

MyNoiseParams = attributes noiseData

(
parameters main rollout:params
(

NStrength type:#float ui:Strength default:0
Frequency type:#float ui:Freq default:0

)
rollout params "Noise Strength"

(

spinner Strength "Noise Strength" type:#float
spinner Freq "Frequency" type:#float

)

)
custattributes.add MyCam MyNoiseParams
)
–paramwire.connect MyCam.baseobject[#NStrength] MyCam.controller.rotation[#Noise] “NStrength”
)
createDialog SuperCam

Im sure the solution is simple but it escapes me

Thanks

Harry

I think I might have sorted it out. If I create the helpers and recorde there rotations then align them with the cameras transform and reset the rotations that might work…Will give it a go.

Harry

OK I thought of an easier way to explain what I am after. The script I have pasted in two posts above creates a camera with all the heplers and controllers I want. These ae limited in certain axis and transforms. If you create a camera with this script then rotate the camera using the helpers. What I want is to reverse this process and take an existing camera and apply the helpers in a way that they line up in a way that they mimic what could be done with the first script.

I am getting a little further with my own test but am stuck noe now on orientating a couple ofthe helpers to look down cameras target direction (there is no target but pretend there is) but only rotate around their local Z axis.

Harry