<Collide> Tag from Maya?

[ZeroByte]

Just checked it, the MEL script works. I think Josh just wasn’t familiar with how it works. It could use a simpler install method or a detailed manual page I guess. The script is basically a globally scoped procedure, executing makes it so that you can run the procedure from anywhere. So to run the script, you just have to call the procedure from the shelf or where ever.

Installation instructions:

1. Open up maya’s script editor (Window>General Editors>Script Editor)
2. Open the script in the editor and execute it (Ctrl+Enter or Script>Execute)
3. Type “eggObjectFlags()” at the script editor and select the text.
4. Middle mouse drag the selection into your custom shelf.
   optional
5. Go to the shelf editor and give it a custom icon/name

Operation:

1. Select the objects that you want to tag and press the shelf script
2. Set the object type by going to the channel box of the object, there should be a new attribute called Egg Object TypesN
3. For a collision mesh, set the type to barrier. Some of the other types are defined in the eggSyntax doc. panda3d.cvs.sourceforge.net/*che … Syntax.txt

{ type }

This is a short form to indicate one of several pre-canned sets of
attributes.  Type may be any word, and a Config definition will be
searched for by the name "egg-object-type-word", where "word" is
the type word.  This definition may contain any arbitrary egg
syntax to be parsed in at this group level.

A number of predefined ObjectType definitions are provided:

barrier

  This is equivalent to <Collide> { Polyset descend }.  The
  geometry defined at this root and below defines an invisible
  collision solid.

trigger

  This is equivalent to <Collide> { Polyset descend intangible }.
  The geometry defined at this root and below defines an invisible
  trigger surface.

sphere

  Equivalent to <Collide> { Sphere descend }.  The geometry is
  replaced with the smallest collision sphere that will enclose
  it.  Typically you model a sphere in polygons and put this flag
  on it to create a collision sphere of the same size.

tube

  Equivalent to <Collide> { Tube descend }.  As in sphere, above,
  but the geometry is replaced with a collision tube (a capsule).
  Typically you will model a capsule or a cylinder in polygons.

bubble

  Equivalent to <Collide> { Sphere keep descend }.  A collision
  bubble is placed around the geometry, which is otherwise
  unchanged.

ghost

  Equivalent to <Scalar> collide-mask { 0 }.  It means that the
  geometry beginning at this node and below should never be
  collided with--characters will pass through it.

backstage

  This has no equivalent; it is treated as a special case.  It
  means that the geometry at this node and below should not be
  translated.  This will normally be used on scale references and
  other modeling tools.

There may also be additional predefined egg object types not
listed here; see the *.pp files that are installed into the etc
directory for a complete list.

Edit

ynjh_jo: do you know how to MEL Script? It seems to me that the material application procedures for 1.5.0 could be scripted and integrated into MayaPandaTool.mel