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  • thank you. What command(s) would I use to get Maya to do this? (preferably something that can be executed on a button press) Commented Apr 18, 2018 at 3:39
  • If you want to go the data file way, I'd first try to find out which data is needed. The I'd try to setup a python dictionary where you save all settings, e.g. myDict['joint1']['rotX'] = 123.4 then if you collected everything use json (e.g. json ) to serialize the dictionary and simply write it to disk with the usual python file commands. Commented Apr 18, 2018 at 7:53
  • the idea is that the user would provide the data (names of controls and locators, the amount of chains they have switches for (ie, if they just have them on the arms or arms and legs, etc) and then the format and actual content (if statements, loops, get/setAttr statements, etc) would be something not user provided. I kinda want it to do the tedious heavy lifting XD) Commented Apr 19, 2018 at 19:01
  • I apologize if I am annoying or anything, Python is not my strong suit even as a rigger Commented Apr 22, 2018 at 17:48
  • I heavily recommend python. Especially for a bit more complex scripts, it has a lot of benefits. Learn it, you will not regret it. Show your code and ask if you have problems. Commented Apr 23, 2018 at 18:43