mighty_wires_toggle.mel

// Wires deformer toggle script
// Olivier Ladeuix
// v1.1 == modified the tokenize command line 
// v1.0 == 2020/05/05  
// to be used with the AnimSquad rigs
// save it in your Script folder or just drag it on your shelf

// To use it, just select one of the controls to grab the namespace, then launch the script ideally through a button or hotkey


// Start of the script
{ 
// Variables declaration
// Declaration of wires deformers to toggle as an array
$nodes = {"wire3","wire4","wire5","wire6","wire9","wire10"};
string $selectionArray[];
string $namespace_selection[];
int $SquadWireAttr;

// Selection grabber and namespace identification
$selectionArray = `ls -sl -fl`;
tokenize ($selectionArray[0], ":", $namespace_selection);

// Capturing the current state of wire3
$SquadWireAttr = `getAttr ($namespace_selection[0] + ":wire3.envelope")` ;

// Creation of the head up display. We start by deleting any existing Wies HUD
headsUpDisplay -rem HUDwiresVis;
headsUpDisplay  -section 1 -block 0 -blockSize "medium" -label "Wires : Enabled" -labelFontSize "large"  HUDwiresVis;

// Start of the toggle function and loop through the array
if ($SquadWireAttr == 1)
    {
        for( $node in $nodes ) {
            setAttr ($namespace_selection[0] + ":" + $node + ".envelope") 0;
			print( $node + " disabled \n" );
    		};
    print "/// Wires disabled ///";
    // Updating the Wires HUD
    headsUpDisplay -rem HUDwiresVis;
    headsUpDisplay -section 1 -block 0 -blockSize "medium" -label "Wires : Disabled" -labelFontSize "large"  HUDwiresVis;
    }
else
    {
        for( $node in $nodes ) {
            setAttr ($namespace_selection[0] + ":" + $node + ".envelope") 1;
			print( $node + " enabled \n" );
    		};

    print "/// Wires enabled ///";  
    // Updating the Wires HUD
    headsUpDisplay -rem HUDwiresVis;
    headsUpDisplay -section 1 -block 0 -blockSize "medium" -label "Wires : Enabled" -labelFontSize "large"  HUDwiresVis;
        }  ;    
}

// End of the script