Version

Usage:

dbPoseWin.mel

Version 1.1

Allows saving a library of poses, with the ability to create thumbnails for each pose. Allows for multiple pose files and multiple poses within those files.

Usage:

1. Copy the dbPoseWin.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "source dbPoseWin.mel; dbPoseWin;"

dbSimpleRadial.mel

Version 1.0

Creates initialVelocities and Spin on rigid bodies based on force and an origin point of a locator.

Usage:

1. Copy the dbConditionControl.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "dbConditionControl"

dbCreateNurbsBox.mel

Version 1.0

This is a simple script to create a NURBS cube.

Usage:

1. Copy the dbCreateNurbsBox.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "source dbCreateNurbsBox.mel; dbCreateNurbsBox(, <0|1>);"
3. Change to the size of the box you want and change <0|1> to 1 in order to create a control to change the size of the box, otherwise put in 0.

dbNinjaTool.mel

Version 1.0

This script will slice and object along a plane, separate the pieces and fill the hole. Useful if you need to break something up.

Usage:

1. Copy the dbNinjaTool.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "source dbNinjaTool.mel; dbNinjaTool;"

dbConditionControl.mel

Version 1.0

Creates a User Interface to simplify the process of creating Condition Nodes

Usage:

1. Copy the dbConditionControl.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "dbConditionControl"

dbJoystickRig.mel

Version 1.2

A script that takes 2 or 4 attributes and creates a joystick rig controller from them.

Usage:

1. Copy the dbJoystickRig.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "source dbJoystickRig.mel; dbJoystickRig;"

dbLimitInfo.mel

Version 1.0

A script that can quickly set transform limits on multiple selected objects

Usage:

1. Copy the dbLimitInfo.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "source dbLimitInfo.mel; dbLimitInfo;"

dbMultiParent.mel

Version 1.0

A script that parents multiple selected objects into a heirarchy with the parent being the first selected object. A lot of times you may want to parent multiple objects down a heriarchy (a joint chain for instance). Instead of selecting the child, parent, and then hitting "p" multiple times, use this to save some clicks.

Usage:

1. Copy the dbMultiParent.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. Select the objects you want from the parent down through the children.
3. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "source dbMultiParent.mel; dbMultiParent;"

dbMultiRename.mel

Version 1.0

This script renames multiple heirarchies at a time. Useful if you have a number of joint chains as hair strands, for instance. Select the root joint of each strand, run the script, and it will rename each strand to {hairStrand_1_1", "hairStrand_1_2", ... , "hairStrand_1_n"}, {hairStrand_2_1", "hairStrand_2_2", ... , "hairStrand_2_n"}, etc.

Usage:

1. Copy the dbMultiRename.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "source dbMultiRename.mel; dbMultiRename;"

dbCopyAttributes.mel

Version 1.0

Quickly copies selected attributes from one object to multiple other. For a similar script with more functionality, see dbCopyTransform.mel

Usage:

1. Copy the dbCopyAttributes.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. Select your source object and your target objects in that order.
3. Select attributes in the channel box that you wish to transfer over.
4. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "dbCopyAttributes"

dbCreateStoryboards.mel

Version 1.0

This is a script to aid in the creation of image planes. It takes an image or a sequence of images, creates a plane with the correct aspect ratio of the images and organizes them in rows and columns. It's useful for creating a single image plane for modeling reference, or to create a series of planes of "storyboards" to allow for editing and camera movement of a storyboard animatic within Maya.

Usage:

1. Copy the dbCreateStoryboards.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "source dbCreateStoryboards.mel;"
3. To create 1 image plane, use dbCreateStoryboard(). For multiple organized image planes, use dbCreateStoryboards()

dbFileAutomator.mel

Version 1.1

A utility that allows you to run a sequence of MEL commands through a list of files, with the ability to save the MEL script for later use, as well as save and load the file list. Sometimes this can be done with batch mode, but there are some commands that won't run in batch, so if you need the Maya window open and need to run a number of scripts through a bunch of files, this will do the trick.

Requires:

• dbReloadFA.mel

Usage:

1. Copy the dbFileAutomator.mel into your Maya Scripts directory (Usually found in "My Documents\maya\\scripts\").
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "source dbFileAutomator.mel; dbFileAutomator();"