This script emulates a houdini type of copy for Maya. It copies the first selected object on to all the verticies of the second selected object (the second object must be a polygonal mesh).
How to use:
1- Copy ronduplicate.mel into C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya6.0\scripts\others
2- restart Maya.
3- open the script editor and type in "ronduplicate;" (without the quotes). and click and drag that to the shelf to create a button.
4- select the object to duplicate, shift select the second objet to duplicate onto.
5- click on the button you just created to duplicate.
*****IMPORTANT NOTE*****
If your destination geometry is a very high resolution mesh it might
crash maya.
Please note that this script is in beta.