Iterative Polycut Along Height of Mesh

iterative_polycut.m

// iterative_polycut.mel (using .m only to get gist syntax highlighting)
// author: Kelly Yu

// Get bounding box info on the mesh
float $boundingBox[] = `polyEvaluate -boundingBox bunnyMesh`;
float $ymax = $boundingBox[3];
// We want to cut every 0.125 units
int $numDivisions = $ymax / 0.125;

// Assuming the bottom of the mesh is at 0, this will cut along the mesh's height
for ($i = 0; $i < $numDivisions; $i++) {
    float $cutHeight = 0.125 * $i;
    // shorthand: polyCut -ws 1 -ch 1 -df 0 -ef 1 -eo .01 .01 .01 -pcy $cutHeight -rx -90 bunnyMesh;
    polyCut -worldSpace 1 -constructionHistory 1 -deleteFaces 0 -extractFaces 1 -extractOffset .01 .01 .01 -cutPlaneCenterY $cutHeight -cutPlaneRotateX -90 bunnyMesh;
};