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//  Procedure Name:
//      createMeshNodeUnder
//
//  Description:
//      This procedure creates a meshNode with the given name
//		under the specified parent.  It looks up the global
//		settings and sets the node's attributes appropriately.
//         

global proc string createMeshNodeUnder(string $name, string $parent)
{
	string $mesh = `createNode mesh -n $name -p $parent`;
	
	// Initialize the meshNode based on the global settings
	//
	int $ival=`optionVar -query polyCreateMeshesSingleSided`;
	if ($ival) {
		$ival = 0;
	} else {
		$ival = 1;
	}
	setAttr ($mesh + ".doubleSided" ) $ival;
	setAttr ($mesh + ".tangentSpace" ) `optionVar -query polyDefaultTangentSpace`;
	string $tsaDegrees = `optionVar -query polyDefaultTangentSmoothingAngle`;
	float $tsa = `convertUnit -fromUnit "deg" $tsaDegrees`;
	setAttr ($mesh + ".tangentSmoothingAngle" ) $tsa;

	return $mesh;
}