There are no docs, as they're intended to be implementation details, subject
to change (and, in fact, their name is highly likely to change for 1.0).

- Paul

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:48 AM, hapgilmore <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have used PyNode.__apimdagpath__() with much success!  Are there
> docs, or even a list for all of these api object names?  I can't
> remember where I found .__apimdagpath__, but I recall I just stumbled
> upon it somewhere.
>
> -Ian
>
> On Dec 15, 9:59 am, Chad Dombrova <[email protected]> wrote:
> > keep in mind when you have to go to maya.OpenMaya you can use the various
> low-level methods for getting access to the api objects
> >
> > PyNode.__apimfn__, PyNode.__apiobject__, PyNode.__apimobject__,
> PyNode.__apimplug__, etc
> >
> > just be aware that we're considering changing the names to avoid the
> reserved __*__ namespace.
> >
> > -chad
> >
> > On Dec 15, 2009, at 8:52 AM, hapgilmore wrote:
> >
> > > I used python in maya w/o pymel for 6 months or so.  Pymel was a
> > > revelation when I discovered it.
> > > The best part is that a PyNode gives easy access to all the associated
> > > maya node's attributes, AND all the API functions related to the node
> > > type.
> >
> > > For example, getting API info from a polymesh is as easy as
> > > myMeshPyNode.numVertices() or myMeshPyNode.vtx[0].connectedEdges()
> >
> > > To get that in python without pymel, or MEL even, would require
> > > several lines of code. Occasionally I bump into an API function that
> > > doesn't work right in pymel and I have to do it old-school with
> > > Maya.OpenMaya.MFn commands, but those are few and far between.
> >
> > > Pymel and remote debugging in WingIDE have made my job 100X easier.
> >
> > > On Dec 13, 7:44 pm, Pyrokinesis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> Hello,
> > >> I would like to gain more insight into why you would want to use Pymel
> > >> in production?
> > >> Would anyone mind sharing their experiances?
> > >> Thanks.
> >
> > > --
> > >http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
> >
> >
>
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