/*
NAME: dbNinjaTool.mel
VERSION: 1.0
CATEGORY: Modeling
FUNCTION: 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\<version>\scripts\"). 
2. In the Maya Script Editor, type in "source dbNinjaTool.mel; dbNinjaTool;"
AUTHOR: David Bokser
E-MAIL: me@davidbokser.com
WEBSITE: www.davidbokser.com
*/

global proc string[] dbFillFaces()
{
	string $selected[] = `ls -sl -type transform`;
	select -r $selected;
	string $shapes[] = `listRelatives -shapes`;
	for($shape in $shapes) {
		string $polyCuts[] = `listConnections -type polyCut $shape`;
		for($cut in $polyCuts) {
			setAttr ($cut + ".extractFaces") 1;
			setAttr ($cut + ".deleteFaces") 0;
		}
	}

	string $allSeperated[] = {};

	for($obj in $selected) {
		string $seperated[] = `polySeparate -ch 0 $selected[0]`;
		string $leftOverTransforms[] = `ls -sl -type transform`;
		for($piece in $leftOverTransforms) {
			$allSeperated[`size($allSeperated)`] = $piece;
		}
	}

	select -r $allSeperated;
	select -r (`ls -sl -type transform`);

	$allSeperated = `ls -sl`;
	for($obj in $allSeperated) {
		polyCloseBorder -ch 1 $obj;
	}
	
	return $allSeperated;
}

global proc dbNinjaTool()
{
	CutPolygon;
	scriptJob -runOnce true -e ToolChanged dbFillFaces;
}