Rhino Named Views to Maya Cameras

i wrote this definition that will take all of your named views and write out a native Maya file with maya cameras that match your named views. the maya cameras are named the same as your named views in rhino. i wrote this in a grasshopper component for other reasons but the code can be used for a native rhino script function if you just want a button in rhino (i should have done it in python now that i think of it!)

the main reason for this is that i often like to composite line work on top of renders to make make composite drawings and having matched cameras in the two programs is nice. i am finishing up a python script for maya that goes the other way (maya cameras to named views in rhino) but its not done yet.

this will be rolled into the next version of cerver tools but here is the raw component

Enjoy!

Attachments:

camToMaya.ghx, 37 KB

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Permalink Reply by RWNB on October 13, 2012 at 9:14am

hi robert,

many thanks for this tool,

but would you explain how its works.

i tested your file, but without success.

i have saved the individual steps as pictures,

so you can see what i did wrong.

thanks in advance.

Permalink Reply by RWNB on October 14, 2012 at 3:57am

Here are the individual steps with words!

01 create geometry in rhino

02 set view in rhino

03 name your view in rhino

04 open grasshopper in rhino

05 download robert cervellione camToMaya

06 drag the ghx file to grasshopper canvas

07 change the FLoc

08 save rhino-geometry to your FLoc

09 toggle the boolean switch to get the maya file in your FLoc

10 open maya 2012

11 import testCamera in maya

12 AND IT DOES NOT WORK!

HEEEEEELLLLLPPPPP (-;

Permalink Reply by RWNB on October 13, 2012 at 9:22am

here is the rhino file!

Attachments:

RhinoGeometry.3dm, 143 KB

Permalink Reply by robert cervellione on October 13, 2012 at 6:28pm

do not look in bookmarks they are actual cameras. see image

Permalink Reply by robert cervellione on October 13, 2012 at 6:30pm

also i will upload the new script that is bi-directional so you can take maya cameras into rhino

Permalink Reply by RWNB on October 14, 2012 at 3:31am

hi robert,

that's great if this tool is bi-directional!
but first it should work for me in one direction.
can it be that this is not works,
because i work with maya 2012?

thanks

Permalink Reply by robert cervellione on October 14, 2012 at 10:00am

i just added a video showing how it works. you can find see it here

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/cervertools/forum/topics/new-tut...

i hope this helps!

Permalink Reply by RWNB on October 14, 2012 at 11:27am

hi robert,

many thanks for the video tutorial.

Unfortunately, it still does not work.

have you tried this already with rhino 4?

thanks

Permalink Reply by robert cervellione on October 14, 2012 at 1:59pm

ok i dusted off rhino 4 and it does not work in rhino 4. i assume it has to do with the fact that named views in rhino 5 got overhauled. i will try to find time to fix it for rhino 4 but i would just recommend downloading rhino 5. there is no reason not to use it.

Permalink Reply by RWNB on October 15, 2012 at 2:18am

hi robert,

many thanks for your effort.
maybe you're right, that should look forward (rhino 5).
it also sounds very interesting,
that in rhino 5 fbx export is possible.

by the way, if you export with fbx in rhino 5,
is it possible to select y or z axis.

many thanks again.

Permalink Reply by Milad Showkatbakhsh on October 13, 2012 at 11:21pm