Meakk/MayaInflate

A simple Maya plugin to inflate or deflate the volume of a mesh

Add a new command in Maya to inflate or deflate the selected closed mesh. It changes the volume of the mesh while minimizing the distortion.

MayaInflate

Create a new function inflate which inflate or deflate the volume of selected mesh. The mesh must be watertight.

Use : inflate -ratio 2 -iterations 15

ratio option corresponds to the target volume ratio.
iterations option is the number of iteration used in the solver.

You can directly create a command using the following MEL code :

global string $ratioField;
global string $iterField;

global proc goCommand() {
	global string $ratioField;
	global string $iterField;
				
	inflate -ratio `floatField -query -value $ratioField` -iterations `intField -query -value $iterField`;
}

{
	string $window = `window -widthHeight 160 60 -sizeable false -title "Inflate" -maximizeButton false -minimizeButton false`;
	gridLayout -numberOfColumns 2 -cellWidthHeight 80 20;
		text "volume ratio";
		$ratioField = `floatField -precision 2 -minValue 0 -value 1 -step .01`;
		text "iterations";
		$iterField = `intField -minValue 1 -value 3 -maxValue 100`;
		button -label "OK" -command goCommand;
	showWindow $window;
}