cumulative.py

#creates a ball and plane for each joint under the hierarchy core, then creates an nCloth and collider out of the two objects and constrains them

import maya.cmds as cmd
import maya.mel

core = "AnimData_Hips"
jointsAll = cmd.listRelatives(core, allDescendents=True)
jointsAll.reverse()
iteration = 1
for place in jointsAll:
    sphere = "ball_"+place
    xhips = cmd.getAttr(sphere+".translateX", asString=False)
    yhips = cmd.getAttr(sphere+".translateY", asString=False)
    zhips = cmd.getAttr(sphere+".translateZ", asString=False)
    cmd.spaceLocator( n="loco"+str(iteration), p=(xhips, yhips, zhips))
    cmd.parent('loco'+str(iteration), sphere)
    maya.mel.eval("select -r "+sphere+";")
    #maya.mel.eval("makeCollideNCloth;")
    
    plane = "cloth_"+place
    maya.mel.eval("select -r "+plane+";")
    maya.mel.eval("createNCloth 1;")
    plane = 'polySurface'+str(iteration)
    cmd.select(cl=True)
    
    
    cmd.select(plane+ ".vtx[60]", add=True)
    
    
    cmd.select(sphere+".vtx[381]", add=True)
    for i in range(360, 380):
        cmd.select(sphere+".vtx["+str(i)+"]", add=True)
    cmd.select(plane, add=True)
    cmd.select(sphere, add=True)
    maya.mel.eval("createNConstraint transform 0;")
    cmd.parent('dynamicConstraint'+str(iteration), 'loco'+str(iteration))
    
    maya.mel.eval('setAttr "nClothShape'+str(iteration)+'.stretchResistance" 2.455;')
    maya.mel.eval('setAttr "nClothShape'+str(iteration)+'.compressionResistance" 0.03;')
    maya.mel.eval('setAttr "nClothShape'+str(iteration)+'.bendResistance" 0.03;')
    iteration +=1