Bridge Pro | Maya Plug-in

The New Handy Bridge Tool for Maya

• Creates Auto bridges one by one, between edge loops.
• Creates Triangle bridge
• Creates Ngon bridge
• Works also like Fill hole tool

Installation

• Put the file bridgePro.py into \Program Files\Autodesk\Maya20XX\bin\plug-ins
• Run Maya and go to Windows -> Settings/Preferences -> Plug-in Manage
• In the list of plug-ins, find the 'bridgePro', check the 'Loaded' and 'Auto load' checkboxes.
• In the Hotkey editor add the hotkey for bridgePro using MEL or Python commands below:

• MEL: bridgePro
• Python: cmds.bridgePro()

Available command flag: ang or angle - sets the created face edges as soft/hard depending on provided angle.
You can use any suitable value from 0 to 180
For e.g. to create faces with hard edges only - use angle 0:

• MEL: bridgePro -ang 0
• Python: cmds.bridgePro (ang = 0) 

Release 1.0.4

• Added 'ang' or 'angle' flag to set the hard/soft edges on created faces.
• For e.g. for hard edges:
  • MEL: bridgePro -ang 0
    Python: cmds.bridgePro(ang=0)
• for soft edges:
  • MEL: bridgePro -ang 180
    Python: cmds.bridgePro(ang=180)

Release 1.0.5

• Fixed unwelded faces bug.
• Fixed 'index out of range' error.