Seneca's modo scripts

[--- LIST OF NEW SCRIPTS AND FIXES ---]

4/27/08 update :

   (NEW SCRIPTS)
   ITEM POS COPY : Just select at least two items, run script, and it'll copy the transform keys to the other selected items.
   KNIFESCREEN : This performs a 2d poly slice across the screen using the viewport's axis and the angle defined by (2 verts) or (1 edge).
   LAYER HIDE ALL TOGGLE : This script is darn handy! Fire it once to hide all layers but MAIN. Fire it again to show them all again.
   LAYER NEW GROUP IT : This creates a new layer in the group you're currently in, so you don't have to spend any time dragging/dropping.
   LOOP SLICE DECIDE : If you have 1 edge selected, it turns off "slice selected". I you have more than 1 edge selected, it does the opposite.
   PART OR SET APPLY : This makes applying polygon parts or selection sets a bit easier because it's on one hotkey and can delete illegal chars.
   PIVOT COPY TO SEL : Select multiple items and it'll copy the pivot pos from one item to another.
   PRINT HOTKEYS : This lets you do a hotkey search. It searches both the default modo hotkeys and your custom hotkeys.
   RANDOMSEL_NEW : This script is to randomly select or deselect VERT, EDGES, or POLYS using the percentage you enter.
   SEL_TOGGLE POLY TYPE : Hold your mouse over a poly and fire script and it'll toggle all the polys in the layer that have that same vert count.
   SELECT LINES : This expands the selected edge row until it finds two edges that touch the same poly. Works great for tesselated quads
   SELECT PARENTS : This script is to select the parents or children of whatever items you have selected.
   SELECT POLYS BY TEXTURE : If you have multiple materials with the same IMAGE in them, you can select all their polys quickly.
   STRETCH FLIP : You just need to bind this to 3 hotkeys inside the stretch tool, so you can easily flip any axis with one hotkey.
   TUBE TO CHAIN : This script converts tubes to 2ptPoly chains and back. It makes pipe editing easy because you can use any deform tool!

   (SCRIPT UPDATES)
   ALIGN_FIT : fixed two pivot adjustment bugs.
   CARD TOOLS : now works with the mac.
FLATTEN : fixed a symmetry bug as well as an up axis bug
   MESH CLEANUP : put in a safety check for the "senetemp" selection set to stop some bugs.
QUICK BOOLEANS AND DRILLS : Now has a new boolean type which retains UVs. :)
ROTATE TO OR UNROTATE : running select.expand twice to get around a bug.
   SELECT REST : gave it an overhaul to increase speed dramatically and fix a small bug
SELECT THAT MESH : now lets you select through any items you don't want to select (such as backdrops) and also has a small bugfix.
   SUBPATCH_KEEPSEL : M3 broke my optimization, so I had to revert to the slower method again. :(
   SUPER UV TOOLS : medium update
        - I *FINALLY* got around to fixing that uv island determination bug! It didn't occur all that often, but it sure was annoying when it did. :P
        - This script now works with modo 302.
        - This script now works on the mac.
        - There's a new feature to select material groups in the shader tree by search terms.
        - There's a new feature to select clips in the clip list through search terms
   VIEWPORT_DISPLAYTOGGLES : "toggleFGBG" added. This flips both FG and BG to be opposites.
   WORKPLANE_OFFSET TO CURSOR : if the mainlayer was active and invisible, it used to cause a problem. Not now.

9-16-07 update :
   (SCRIPT UPDATES)
   ALIGN FIT : M3 update
   BEVELITTLE : M3 update + works in multiple layers now + supports all new transforms
   CARD TOOLS : fixed an extra slash in the image path + put in user.val check + put in safety check to make sure a new card name is typed in.
   DELETE HALF : the warning window was broke and is now fixed.
   EDGE SLICE OR ADD VERT : won't split hidden polys anymore + now has a "noSplit" feature
   EXTRUDEPATH : fixed a serious bug where it wasn't removing all the flagged polys that would cause problems with consecutive runs of the script.
   LAZY SELECT : doesn't select hidden polys anymore.
   LAZY SELECT MATERIAL : doesn't select hidden polys anymore.
   MESH CLEANUP : M3 update
   PERFECT CIRCLE : fixed a workplane restoration bug
   QUICK BOOLEANS DRILLS : Rewrote user value creation to get around the M3 undo bug that was leaving them all blank
   QUICKMIRROR : M3 update
   ROTATE OR UNROTATE : symmetry fix + fixed a bug that would occur if the last used viewport was the uv view.
   SELECTFLOODTOGGLE : doesn't toggle hidden elements anymore + added a progress bar
   SELECT THAT MESH : you don't have to hold your mouse directly over a vert or edge now + silenced some popups + clarified the documentation
   SUPER UV TOOLS : Medium update :
        1) : Now has some material repair directory filters, so you can programmatically re-load or delete images from specific directories.
        2) : Rewrote automatic uv map selection code for better guesses
        3) : Rewrote user value creation to get around the M3 undo bug that was leaving them all void.
        4) : New "selectImage" command to select the image on the polygon that's under the mouse so you can see it in the uv view.
        5) : Now when you right click on a clip and choose APPLY, it will save that material to the "grabbed material" user value for easy reuse.
        6) : Finally put back the texture move grid buttons back into the UI. They were still accessible by hotkey so that's why I forgot about them.
        7) : When you load+apply a new material now, you can specify the only file types you want visible in the file browser window.
        8) : Added a "repair selected" command so you can repair only the materials on the selected polys.
   SUPER REMOVE : finally fixed the damn infinite loop! + added progress bar + M3 update
   SUPER TAUT : fixed a polygon planar taut bug + symmetry syntax fix + added selection mode guesses
   SUPER VERT EDGE SPLIT : added a progress bar
   SUPER WELD : "keep2pts" works with edge welding now + now has "leaveUVs" cvar to weld verts but DONT weld their uvs.
   TRIPLE OR SPIN : won't split verts on hidden polys anymore
   UNBEVEL : added a progress bar
   UV DESTROY : M3 update
   UV WINDOW : Rewrote automatic uv map selection code for better guesses
   WINDOW : fixed the layout overwrite bug
   WORKPLANE_CURSOR OFFSET : now has "justGoTo" feature, to replace modo's viewport.goto because it works on background layers as well.

2-11-07 update :
   (NEW SCRIPTS)
   EDGE SELECT BY NORMAL : This script is to select edges based off of how much of an angle they provide. The video describes it best.
   EXTRUDE ALONG PATH : This script is to extrude polys along arbitrary edge paths.
ROTATE TO OR UNROTATE : This script is to take objects and unrotate them or rotate them to others or to duplicate onto others in one tool.
   SELECT_FLOOD TOGGLE : This script is to floodfill the the selection area underneath the mouse. It both selects and deselects.
   SELECT THAT MESH : This script is to select all the elements of the mesh underneath the mouse cursor, regardless of what layer it's in.
   UV DESTROY : This script is to delete all the UVs in the entire scene or just the current layer.
   WINDOW : This script is to popup a new window. Either a layout or regular window of your choice.
   WORKPLANE_OFFSET TO CURSOR : This script is to offset the workplane depth to the point in space under the cursor. Very handy.

   (SCRIPT UPDATES)
   2D WORKPLANE : It now properly rounds the workplane angle to the nearest straight angle, so the workplane won't jump much now. :)
   ALIGN FIT : It now has a new feature, which is to align your object from a specific place TO the pivot point. I also put in a small layer ref fix.
   DESELECT MESH OR EDGE LOOP : The script's been optimized and is now much faster.
   EDGE SLICE OR ADD VERT : It now has a safety check if zero edges were selected
   MAKE POLYGON : It now ignores edges that aren't in the main layer
   MESHCLEANUP : M2 stopped my illegal poly deletion system from working. I put it back in.
   QUICK MIRROR : Script works in symmetry now. Added a vert merge option. Added a (select new polygons) option.
   QUICK PIPE : Now works with edges, so you can create a number of pipes at once and don't have to pay attention to selection orders.
   SUBPATCH_KEEPSEL : Big speedup
SUPERTAUT : Big update:
         1) : Added a number of planar taut tools. (the included video will describe them best)
         2) : It now puts your selection back after the script is done
         3) : It doesn't corrupt the next use of the element actr anymore. :)
         4) : I fixed a small bug if you were doing a vert taut in symmetry mode.
   UNBEVEL : Small hack to get around a modo2 layer reference bug.

11-1-06 update :
SUPERTAUT: Oops. The form's in the zip again.

10-31-06 update :
   CARD CREATION TOOLS : It now works on the mac.

10-29-06 update :
   (NEW SCRIPTS)
   CARD CREATION TOOLS : This is to import, edit, and export CARD FORMs using polygons. SO much easier than doing it by hand. :)
   COLLAPSE LAYERS : This is to collapse ALL the layers in the scene down into one.
   COLLAPSE SCENES : This is to collapse ALL the geometry in all the layers of the current scene(s) and collapse 'em into one new scene layer.
   DESELECT MESH OR EDGE LOOP : Hold your mouse over a mesh or edgeloop and it'll deselect it. Sooo handy.
   EDGE SLICE : This is to either do a (normal edge slice) or (add one vertex to the center of the edge) if only one is selected.
   LAZY SELECT MATERIAL : This is to select all the touching polygons that have the same material. Damn handy!!!
   QUICK MIRROR : (poly mode) = do an axis mirror. (vert or edge mode) = mirror the polys over the axis the selected verts or edge define.
   BUILD PIPE : Select a bunch of verts and it'll build a pipe along those verts. It uses the settings of the last used pipe tool for the polys/width.
   SELECT HARD EDGES : This will just select all the edges on your model that have edge weighting > 0.9.

   (SUPER UV TOOLS MAJOR UPDATE)
   Ok, holy cow this script got a lot of changes. Tons of bugfixes and a few new features.
      (NEW SUPER UV TOOLS FEATURES)
         1 : GRAB/APPLY MATERIAL : Hold your mouse over a poly and it'll apply that material to your selected polys. Super handy!!
         2 : DELETE UNUSED MATERIALS : It deletes all the materials in the scene that aren't assigned to any polys. (using poly masks, that is)
         3 : UNROTATE : Unrotate your selected uvs. There's two tools here. One that pays attention to texture size and one that doesn't.
         4 : UNRANDOMIZE : It moves all your uvs in whole units to the uv origin, so your uvs won't be any different but they won't be far away either.
         5 : BATCH PEELER : It will run PEELER on all the edge rows that are selected. Super handy because it takes forever to do it manually.
         6 : QUANTIZE : This will quantize your uvs. Damn handy to "snap" a texture to your grid. (ie, (0.445,0.23132) will snap to (0.5,0.25) )
         7 : CENTER UVS : This is to line up your uvs to any important sides, centers, or corners of the uv grid.
      (SUPER UV TOOLS BUG FIXES)
         1 : The biggest fix is that my subroutine to determine uv groups would fail on cylinder objects because the uvs wrap around. ((!BIG FIX!))
         2 : The CLIP window's APPLY button is now fixed. (most people didn't know it existed though because they'd have to add it manually)
         3 : I put in more '(' ')' fixes to get around the fact that modo inserts them into the material names, but they're not physically there. grrr.
         4 : I had a lowercase bug that I fixed.
         5 : On my superUVTools card, the flip UVs buttons didn't do anything and that's now fixed.
         6 : I had a bug with uvFit that wouldn't work properly with the "center" anchor.
         7 : With UV fit, I forgot to force modo to put you in the uv window, so if you were currently in the 3d view, it'd actually scale your mesh! oops!
         8 : I fixed a Modo2 bug where planarAuto projection wasn't working properly anymore.
         9 : UV projection along the Y axis is now flipped, because modo's Z axis is inverted and would thus give you upside down text.
         10 : "Fit UVs and Keep Aspect Ratio" now works properly with the "center" anchor.
         11 : Modo would crash if you would run "Load New Material" on a material that already existed.

   (BUG FIXES)
   BEVELITTLE : The script now remembers the old modo translation tools and the new modo translation tools (ie: transformMove, transformScale)
   FLATTEN : Modo2's symmetry slowdown bug is now attempted to be avoided.
   MAKE POLYGON : It now cancels itself if you had and single edges selected, so it won't generate any bad 2pt polys.
   PERFECT CIRCLE : Modo2's symmetry slowdown bug is now attempted to be avoided.
   REST ON GROUND : Modo2's symmetry slowdown bug is now attempted to be avoided.
   SMART QUAD STRIP :
       1 : Remember, this script works off of edge extrusion, so I now cancel the script if the two verts selected don't define an actual edge.
       2 : I reordered the layer reference command I'm using to get around a modo2 bug.
       3 : I fixed the edge selection fail bug.
   STRETCH SNAP TO ZERO :
       1 : I put in a stretch -100% if any of the stretches were below zero, but that never worked because of a M2 bug so it's now removed.
       2 : It now works properly with the old xfrm.stretch tool and the two new modo2 stretch tools (Transform and TransformScale)
   SUPERCOPY : It had a M2 subD edge query bug that I fixed.
   SUPERTAUT : I removed some old select.symmetryAxis code.
   TRIPLE OR SPIN : The "poly fan triple" is now done properly so it'll work good on border edges now without creating junk polys.
   UNBEVEL : Modo2's symmetry slowdown bug is now attempted to be avoided.
VIEWPORT DISPLAY TOGGLES : "toggleAll" now only puts the wireframe display back on if it was supposed to.

8-9-06 update :
   FLATTEN : The script now works again.
   PASTE ONTO ANOTHER OBJECT : Removed the tool preset complaint
   QUICK BOOLEANS + DRILLS : Fixed the stencil problem.
   QUICK BRIDGE : It now has the needed tool reset
   ROTATE TO GROUND : Removed the tool preset complaint
   ROTATE TO OBJECT : Removed the tool preset complaint
   SMART QUAD STRIP : It now works properly whether or not the layer has been translated
   SUPER TAUT : You can now do linear tauts on translated layers, but you can't do 2d tauts on them yet...
   SUPER UV TOOLS : I added a card view UI, because the form was too slow to use.
   SUPER WELD : I only merge the welded verts now, and I'm properly removing the illegal polygons again. (M2 broke that)
   UNBEVEL : It now works properly whether or not the layer has been translated
   UV WINDOW : It now closes the window when you run the script again.
   VIEWPORT DISPLAY TOGGLES : It now works properly in Modo 202.

   note : All scripts works with translated layers except for these, because it'd take quite a lot of work to get that working : 2dworkplane, align_fit,
   deletehalf, pasteontoanotherobj, restonground, rotatetoground, rotatetoobject, superuvtools, supertaut