Craig's Planator

planator.py

import maya.cmds as cmds
import os

MAPPING = {64 : "/path/to/chair.png",
  	128 : "/path/to/mop.png",
	256 : "/path/to/safe.png",
	512 : "/path/to/book.png"}

def getSplitextBasename(path):
	basename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(path)))[0]
	return basename
	
def getShaderBranch(texture):
	lambert = cmds.shadingNode("lambert", asShader=True)
	
	shadingEngine = cmds.sets(renderable=True, noSurfaceShader=True, empty=True)
	cmds.connectAttr("%s.outColor" % lambert, "%s.surfaceShader" % shadingEngine, f=True)

	file = cmds.shadingNode("file", asTexture=True)
	cmds.setAttr("%s.fileTextureName" % file, texture, type="string")
	cmds.connectAttr("%s.outColor" % file, "%s.color" % lambert, f=True)

	place2dTexture = cmds.shadingNode("place2dTexture", asUtility=True)
	cmds.connectAttr("%s.outUV" % place2dTexture, "%s.uvCoord" % file, f=True)
	cmds.connectAttr("%s.outUvFilterSize" % place2dTexture, "%s.uvFilterSize" % file, f=True)
	attributes = ("coverage", "translateFrame", "rotateFrame", "mirrorU", "mirrorV", "stagger", "wrapU", "wrapV" , "repeatUV" , "vertexUvOne" , "vertexUvTwo" , "vertexUvThree" , "vertexCameraOne", "noiseUV", "offset", "rotateUV")
	for attribute in attributes:
		cmds.connectAttr("%s.%s" % (place2dTexture, attribute), "%s.%s" % (file, attribute), f=True)

	prefix = getSplitextBasename(texture)
	for node in (lambert, file, place2dTexture):
		cmds.rename(node, "%s_%s" % (prefix, cmds.nodeType(node)))
	return cmds.rename(shadingEngine, "%s_%s" % (prefix, cmds.nodeType(shadingEngine)))

def getTexturedPlane(size, mapping=MAPPING):
	file = mapping.get(size)
	if not file:
		return False

	plane = cmds.polyPlane(w=size, h=size, sx=10, sy=10, ch=0)
	cmds.sets(plane, e=True, forceElement=getShaderBranch(file))
	cmds.rename(plane, getSplitextBasename(file))
	return True

getTexturedPlane(64)