Spiral Circle of Objects

Maya MEL Script

By Ziye Liu
M.F.A. Visual Effects, 2012
This is my first MEL script excercise. I would've never thought I could do this. Looking forward to see more progress.
What it does: generate an spiral array of spheres. 
Second Version
  • Add randomness.
  • Interface improvement.
April 14th, 2013
First Version
  • Basic loop that generates spiral.
for($i = 0; $i < $totalNum; $i++)
    {
        $r = $circleSize;
        $theta = $i * $circleAngle * (3.14159265358979323846 / 180);
        $x = ($r - $i * $out) * cos(deg_to_rad($theta)) + $xcenter;
        $y = ($r - $i * $out) * sin(deg_to_rad($theta)) + $ycenter;
        
        sphere -r $objectSize -p $x ($zcenter * $i) $y;
    }
Picture
Graphic User Interface (GUI) of the script.