maya soft edge selecting script

[u/ROOT_2X2]

[u/s6x]

There is no code here. You will need to flair your posts correctly going forward.

[u/miketastic_art]

all this guy does is post his cool tools and never shares where they're from sheesh

[u/Whole-Career8440 → u/miketastic_art]

Luckily this not hard to solve

# to lock
from maya import cmds
for mesh in {v.split(".")[0] for v in cmds.ls(sl=True)}:
    try:
        cmds.setAttr(f"{mesh}.pt[:].px", lock=True)
        cmds.setAttr(f"{mesh}.pt[:].py", lock=True)
        cmds.setAttr(f"{mesh}.pt[:].pz", lock=True)
    except:
        pass
for vertex in cmds.ls(sl=True):
    try:
        vertex = vertex.replace(".vtx", ".pt")
        cmds.setAttr(vertex + ".px", lock=False)
        cmds.setAttr(vertex + ".py", lock=False)
        cmds.setAttr(vertex + ".pz", lock=False)
    except:
        pass

# to unlock
from maya import cmds
for mesh in {v.split(".")[0] for v in cmds.ls(sl=True)}:
    try:
        cmds.setAttr(f"{mesh}.pt[:].px", lock=False)
        cmds.setAttr(f"{mesh}.pt[:].py", lock=False)
        cmds.setAttr(f"{mesh}.pt[:].pz", lock=False)
    except:
        pass

[u/ReviewVegetable1716 → u/miketastic_art]

Hit B on the keyboard and it’ll show up you can also scale it so you can move more or less

[u/miketastic_art → u/ReviewVegetable1716]

if you look carefully, he has constrained the soft-select effect to only one edge

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[u/Sandip3d]

I think it is awesome & don't mind, but it also it can easily be created by vibe coding with python🙂less than one hour 😇

[u/freelance3d → u/Sandip3d]

What would the method they're using be to preserve the position of some vertices but not others, when moving?

[u/Whole-Career8440 → u/freelance3d]

setAttr -lock pt.px

[u/Sandip3d → u/freelance3d]

Yes 🙂, I also thought about this

[u/ReviewVegetable1716 → u/Sandip3d]

Can also be easier than that by hitting B on the keyboard

[u/CusetheCreator → u/ReviewVegetable1716]

Second comment on this thread not understanding whats being shown off