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#import the pymel module
from pymel.core import * 

#grab our box shape node from maya
myBox = PyNode('pCubeShape1')

#create a "for each loop" to iterate over
#the vertices in the mesh.
for currentVertex in myBox.verts:
    #print the position

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#import the pymel module
from pymel.core import * 

#grab our box node from maya
myBox = PyNode('pCube1')
#lets check the x pos of our box
#using a conditional statement

#conditional syntax is
#if (variable to check) (condition to check) (:)

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from pymel.core import *
import pymel.core.datatypes as dt

#create a function to find nearest neighbour

#start by getting the particles 
particles = PyNode('particleShape1')

#loop through points in the particle system
for p in particles.points:

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//The following deforms the mesh using the red channel
//and scales the deformation by 0.2 - this means pure
//red vertices will move normal to the mesh 0.2 units and
//vertices with no red colour will move 0 units (stay put)


x = x+(nx*(r/255))*0.2
y = y+(ny*(r/255))*0.2
z = z+(nz*(r/255))*0.2

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#some different data types in python
#remember, we use variables as a way of making our code make sense to us
#variables point to data in our program

#in python we don't need to specify data types for variables
#python figures this out itself 
myFirstName = "Gwyll"

myLastName = "Jahn"

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#Use colours from one mesh to modify another

from pymel.core import *

#get the objects 
geomColoured = PyNode('pCubeShape1')
geomMod = PyNode('pCubeShape2')
#store the colour array
colours = geomColoured.getColors()

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#Connect camera xpos to xscale of a new cube

from pymel.core import *

cam = general.PyNode('persp')
c = polyCube(name='testCube')[0]
cam.tx >> c.sx    # connect
print cam.tx.outputs() #test

#Connect outmesh of one geom to inmesh of another