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Error: invalid use of Maya object when selecting render layers?
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  • rmulawa
  • Posted: 22 October 2011 07:43 PM
  • Total Posts: 46
  • Joined: 26 September 2006 05:50 AM

This is an incredibly annoying problem!

Whenever I switch renders layers I get the following error

// Error: ...cameraMaskChange(unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow|rgMainForm|tabForm|mentalRayTabLayout|mentalRayCommonTab|scrollLayout|commonTabColum //
// Error: Invalid use of Maya object “unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow|rgMainForm|tabForm|mentalRayTabLayout|mentalRayCommonTab|scrollLayout|commonTabColumn|rgRenderableCamerasFrame|renderableCamerasSW|mayaSoftwareCameraLayout|columnLayout27|columnLayout28|columnLayout29|checkBoxGrp71”. //
// Error: ...cameraMaskChange(unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow|rgMainForm|tabForm|mentalRayTabLayout|mentalRayCommonTab|scrollLayout|commonTabColum //
// Error: Invalid use of Maya object “persp”. //
// Error: ...cameraMaskChange(unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow|rgMainForm|tabForm|mentalRayTabLayout|mentalRayCommonTab|scrollLayout|commonTabColum //
// Error: Invalid use of Maya object “unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow|rgMainForm|tabForm|mentalRayTabLayout|mentalRayCommonTab|scrollLayout|commonTabColumn|rgRenderableCamerasFrame|renderableCamerasSW|mayaSoftwareCameraLayout|columnLayout27|columnLayout28|columnLayout29|checkBoxGrp70”. //
// Error: ...cameraMaskChange(unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow|rgMainForm|tabForm|mentalRayTabLayout|mentalRayCommonTab|scrollLayout|commonTabColum //
// Error: Invalid use of Maya object “persp”. //

It will happen for every camera in the scene until I close and re-open the scene!  I do not know what causes it but it seems like whenever I delete a render layer it starts happening and it is driving me positively bonkers!


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It Happen when you close the Render Globals Window.

Its a bug in the Maya Mel Files.

To fix it just change those lines in this file:

/scripts/others/createMayaSoftwareCommonGlobalsTab.mel

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string $maskCommand = “cameraMaskChange(\""+$chkbox+"\", \""+$camera+"\", \"mask\")";

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string $depthCommand = “cameraMaskChange(\""+$chkbox+"\", \""+$camera+"\", \"depth\")";

Author: olygraph
Replied: 10 January 2012 08:33 AM  
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Yes it works ! Thanks
Why even now we don’t have Hotfix 5 for Autodesk Maya 2012 for this bug ?
Instead we have useless damn Hotfix 3 all about Chinesse and Japanesse support :(
It’s disturb :(


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