April - 2008

My Research Interests

As an artist who uses the computer, my animations and artwork represent large parts of my research. But my work as an artist/animator who also teaches leads me into compelling avenues of inquiry that may not be aesthetically stimulating, but which are relevant either in producing my artwork or teaching my students. MEL scripting, for example, is not beautiful to look at (unless you are a technical director perhaps); but it may facilitate some aspect of animation that is not readily apparent. This section of the site is dedicated to providing some explanation of these types of projects.

ekBridgeUI.mel

I wrote this script because I wanted a linear polygonal bridge between two objects, with the editable taper and twist functionality. The linear option of the default Maya Bridge command doesn't allow access to the taper curve while the smooth and smooth plus curve option doesn't provide a straight bridge path. This script solves the problem by bridging between two faces using the polyBridge command's curve function. It then rebuilds the curve as a one span linear curve if you