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  How to inverse a particle emitter stephenppraneel7@gmail.com - 2015-06-04 16:15 -0700
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2015-06-04 23:31 +0000
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 17:35 -0600
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter stephenppraneel7@gmail.com - 2015-06-04 16:47 -0700
      Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 19:10 -0600
      Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 20:17 -0600
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Gary Herron <gary.herron@islandtraining.com> - 2015-06-04 18:03 -0700
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-05 12:54 +0200
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-05 14:30 +0000
      Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-06-05 20:10 -0400
      Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 10:32 +1000
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-06-05 15:44 +0000
    Re: How to inverse a particle emitter Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-06-07 21:18 +0000

#92104 — How to inverse a particle emitter

hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using python in maya

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#92105

On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:15:20 -0700, stephenppraneel7 wrote:

> hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i
> need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using python
> in maya

This is why we can't have nice large hadron colliders.

-- 
Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology -- www.highlandtechnology.com
Email address domain is currently out of order.  See above to fix.

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#92106

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 5:15 PM,  <stephenppraneel7@gmail.com> wrote:
> hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using python in maya

No idea. This sounds more like a Maya question than a Python question.
Maybe there is a Maya forum that would be a better place to direct
this question.

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#92107

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 4:15:29 PM UTC-7, stephenp...@gmail.com wrote:
> hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using python in maya

unfortunitly i have to make this using python not mel

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#92111

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 5:47 PM,  <stephenppraneel7@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 4:15:29 PM UTC-7, stephenp...@gmail.com wrote:
>> hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using python in maya
>
> unfortunitly i have to make this using python not mel

I'm sorry if I come across as dismissive, but as I stated before this
is not the place to be looking for expertise on Maya scripting,
regardless of what language you might happen to be using. A little bit
of googling turns up several useful-looking tutorials:

http://www.maya-python.com/
http://zurbrigg.com/maya-python/category/beginning-python-for-maya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXFGeZZbMzQ

as well as a web forum which looks to be quite active:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/python_inside_maya

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#92116

On 06/04/2015 05:47 PM, stephenppraneel7@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 4:15:29 PM UTC-7, stephenp...@gmail.com wrote:
>> hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using python in maya
> 
> unfortunitly i have to make this using python not mel

Well, how would you do it in mel?  Perhaps you could then do it
similarly in Python.  But I suggest that before you can do anything in
Python you have to learn the language a little bit.  You should be able
to read Python code, for example, and tell what it does.  And know how
to implement basic algorithms (loops, if/then, variables, etc).

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#92123

On 06/04/2015 04:15 PM, stephenppraneel7@gmail.com wrote:
> hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using python in maya

Python is a programming language.
Maya is a modeling and animation application (or a Mesoamerican 
civilization).
An "inverted particle emitter" sounds like something you'd build in your 
backyard.

You are going to have to put in a *LOT* more time explaining how those 
three are connected in one project.

In truth, I can kind of guess what you want, (although I have no idea 
what "inverse" has to do with anything), but I won't waste my time doing 
so.  If you take the time to carefully explain what you want, then I'm 
sure you will find plenty of people here who will take the time to 
answer you.


Gary Herron

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#92133

In a message of Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:15:20 -0700, stephenppraneel7@gmail.com wri
tes:
>hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using python in maya
>-- 
>https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
You need the maya-vi mailing list, not this one.
It's here:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mayavi-users

Laura

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#92154

On 2015-06-04, stephenppraneel7@gmail.com <stephenppraneel7@gmail.com> wrote:

> hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i
> need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using
> python in maya

1) Build a particle emitter

2) Turn it upside down

-- 
Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! HELLO, everybody,
                                  at               I'm a HUMAN!!
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#92165

On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 14:30:00 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards
<invalid@invalid.invalid> declaimed the following:

>On 2015-06-04, stephenppraneel7@gmail.com <stephenppraneel7@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i
>> need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using
>> python in maya
>
>1) Build a particle emitter
>
>2) Turn it upside down

<SNORT>

	That is in the same class as the "lunar lander" game on my college
mainframe...

	It did not do validity checking of inputs, with the result that one
could do

-10 lbs thrust at 180 degrees

and GAIN fuel while decelerating.

	I used to crash with twice the fuel I started with... (I also managed
an "excellent target accuracy" once... Pity I left the landing gear half
way around the moon -- my vertical rate was inches per hour while the
horizontal was in miles per hour)
-- 
	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
    wlfraed@ix.netcom.com    HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/

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#92174

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber
<wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>         That is in the same class as the "lunar lander" game on my college
> mainframe...
>
>         It did not do validity checking of inputs, with the result that one
> could do
>
> -10 lbs thrust at 180 degrees
>
> and GAIN fuel while decelerating.

Hah! The version I played didn't allow you to specify 180 degrees,
although it did allow negative burns. So you could tweak your fuel
supply by careful negative burning, but it required some balancing
work to actually come to a safe landing.

Of course, if you wanted to just quit out in a hurry, all you have to
do is a straight-down burn of -9999999, and bam, you're on the ground,
with a Captain Haddock style of "We shall end up by arriving, I
suppose".

ChrisA

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#92158

On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:15:20 -0700, stephenppraneel7 wrote:

> hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i
> need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using python
> in maya

Some very goo pointers from the Python team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNfGyIW7aHM




-- 
"When in doubt, print 'em out."
-- Karl's Programming Proverb 0x7

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#92306

On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:15:20 -0700, stephenppraneel7 wrote:

> hey, i really need help, im a straight up beginner in scripting and i
> need to figure out how to make an inverted particle emitter using python
> in maya

An emitter of inverted particles? Or an inverted emitter?

Or an absorber / accepter / receiver of emitted particles?

I'm not quite sure what an inverted particle emitter is, but I don't 
think you can create one in software, you need lots of volts and magnets.

If you're trying to model some physical device using python as a 
scripting language inside some simulation environment, then the best 
place to look is probably forums dedicated to that simulation environment.

-- 
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com

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