tws0002 / intersections-tool

A tool for analyzing and spotting mesh intersections.

intersections-tool

This is a tool for analyzing and spotting mesh intersections. Original idea by Marcus from Avalon

Installation

1. Download and unzip the intersections-tool.zip file from github releases.

2. Drag and drop the "intersections-tool/install.py" file onto the Maya viewport.

3. Click the Intersections Tool icon on the shelf to run.

Usage

1. Set your time range with either; Time Slider, Start/End or Current Frame.

2. Select your camera.

3. Analyze the frames.

4. Jump to frames with intersections.

Analyze with code

>>> import intersections_tool
>>> coverage = intersections_tool.lib.get_coverage()
>>> print coverage
[[3.0, 0.004325], [4.0, 0.0042356]]

The analysis of frames happens by finding a 0-1 value per frame of how much the intersections cover the screen. A list of lists is returned that shows the frame and the coverage value.

More details about the arguments for the coverage method can be found in the method description:

>>> print help(intersections_tool.lib.get_coverage)

Vendors

• maya-capture
• PyPNG
• Qt.py