Extensions:2.4/Py/Scripts/Temp/Flatten.py

#!BPY

""" Registration info for Blender menus
Name: 'Flatten'
Blender: 234
Group: 'Mesh'
Tip: 'Flatten things along a given axis plane'
"""

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__author__ = "Mariano Hidalgo AKA uselessdreamer"
__url__ = ("blender", "elysiun")
__version__ = "1.0"

__bpydoc__ = """\

Flatten Vertex Loop for Blender

 This script lets you flatten things along the axis of you choose. Works
 for faces, edges and groups of vertices.
 Also usefull when deleting half of the object to perform a mirror and
 the middle loop has vertices not laying in the same plane.

 (c) 2005 Mariano Hidalgo a.k.a uselessdreamer

"""

import Blender
from Blender import NMesh, Window, Draw

wich_axis = Draw.PupMenu('Flatten at%t|  X Cursor|  Y Cursor|  Z Cursor|%l| X Median| Y Median| Z Median|')
wich_axis = wich_axis -1

is_editmode = Window.EditMode()
if is_editmode: Window.EditMode(0)
objects = Blender.Object.GetSelected()
me = NMesh.GetRaw(objects[0].data.name)

if wich_axis == -1: Exit()

if wich_axis < 3 :
  curpos = Window.GetCursorPos()
  print curpos
  for v in me.verts:
     if v.sel: v.co[wich_axis] = curpos[wich_axis]
else:
  count = 0
  midpoint = 0
  for v in me.verts:
    if v.sel:
      count = count + 1
      midpoint = midpoint + v.co[wich_axis-4]
  midpoint = midpoint /count

  for v in me.verts:
    if v.sel: v.co[wich_axis-4] = midpoint

me.update()
Draw.Redraw()