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''  
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''  
''    Script Name: annotateThis v1.0
''    Author: Julian Love
''    Last Updated: January 14, 2002
''    Update/Change this file at:
''    http://www.highend3d.com/maya/mel/?section=interface#1430
''  
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*/

//annotateThis v1.0, by Julian Love. Developed entirely on OSX.
//
//modify this at the risk of having a painful bunion on your left foot
//
//usage: select any object that has a shapenode (maya's annotate command does
//		 nothing for joints for some reason), such as any locator, polygon or
//		 nurb object. Run: annotateThis from the command line. A dialog will
//		 appear where you can type in your notation. Annotations do appear as
//		 objects in the view port and outliner. You can grab them an reposition
//		 them to your liking.


global proc annotateThis ()
{
	string	$selectedItems[] = `ls -sl`;
	string	$note, $x;
	string	$fileDialogResult;
       // float	$anyPos[];

	//...query the user for the message
        $fileDialogResult = `promptDialog
    	        -title "Add annotation"
    	        -message "Enter message:"
    	        -button "OK" -button "Cancel"
    	        -defaultButton "OK" -cancelButton "Cancel"
    	        -dismissString "Cancel"`;

	//...if the user didn't cancel, add the message
        if ($fileDialogResult == "OK") 
        {
    	        $note = `promptDialog -q`;

                float $finalPos[];
                int   $posCounter=0;
                        
                //=============================================================
                //              Determine the average position
                //              of all selected objects
                //=============================================================
    	        for ($object in $selectedItems)
                {
                        float $anyPos[];
    		        $anyPos = `xform -q -ws -rotatePivot ($object)`;
                        $finalPos[0] = $finalPos[0] + $anyPos[0];
                        $finalPos[1] = $finalPos[1] + $anyPos[1];
                        $finalPos[2] = $finalPos[2] + $anyPos[2];
                        $posCounter++;
	        }
                
                $finalPos[0] = $finalPos[0] / $posCounter;
                $finalPos[1] = $finalPos[1] / $posCounter;
                $finalPos[2] = $finalPos[2] / $posCounter;
                
                //=============================================================
                //              Stick ANNOTATEs on each selected obj
                //=============================================================
                
                for ($object in $selectedItems)
                {
                        select $object;
	        	annotate -point $finalPos[0] ($finalPos[1]+10) $finalPos[2] -text $note;
                }

                select $selectedItems;   // restore selection
        }
}