Great, thanks for the explanation.
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Paul Molodowitch <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, I meant getAliasList. > By the "MSelectionList combo", I simply meant that in order to turn the > strings you get back from getAliasList into MObjects - which you can then > use to do things with in the api - you need to use MSelectionList.add / > MSelectionList.getPlug > It may also be possible to just use MFnDependencyNode.findPlug, instead of > MSelectionList... I'm not sure offhand how it handles child/multi > attributes. > - Paul > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Miguel González Viñé > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks for your reply Paul. >> >> Did you mean getAliasList instead of getAliasAttr, right? With this >> option I get a list with the aliases, but the names of the attributes are >> included too: >> >> import maya.OpenMaya as om >> >> list = om.MSelectionList() >> >> node = om.MObject() >> >> list.add("blendShape1") >> >> list.getDependNode(0, node) >> >> dgNode = om.MFnDependencyNode(node) >> >> aliasList = [] >> >> dgNode.getAliasList(aliasList) >> >> # Result: [u'pSphere2', u'weight[0]', u'pSphere3', u'weight[1]'] # >> >> >> I don't understand the MSelectionList combo, could you explain it please? >> >> >> Thank you Paul. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:29 AM, Paul Molodowitch <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> If I recall correctly, I just had to do a getAliasAttr / >>> MSelectionList combo, as I suggested. Not sure when you would want to use >>> findAlias (since it seems unreliable)... >>> >>> - Paul >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Miguel González Viñé < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Did you solve this or anyone knows how to get the MPlug from the alias >>>> name in a MFnDependencyNode? >>>> Also I've tried with getAliasAttr but I don't know what to do with the >>>> returned MObject. >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 4:14 AM, Paul Molodowitch >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey all - so, I have an alias which refers to an multi-compound >>>>> attribute: >>>>> >>>>> import maya.cmds as cmds >>>>> >>>>> remap = cmds.createNode('remapValue') >>>>> >>>>> cmds.aliasAttr ('alfred', remap + '.value[0].value_Position') >>>>> >>>>> print cmds.aliasAttr(remap, q=1) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So far so good. Now, using the api, and starting with just the alias >>>>> name, I want to be able to get an MPlug for the plug it points to. >>>>> Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to do this. The obvious way - using >>>>> MFnDependencyNode.findAlias - only gives me a plug for the base attribute, >>>>> not the specific index / child the alias actually refers to: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> import maya.OpenMaya as om >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> sel = om.MSelectionList() >>>>> >>>>> sel.add(remap) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> obj = om.MObject() >>>>> >>>>> sel.getDependNode(0, obj) >>>>> >>>>> mfn = om.MFnDependencyNode(obj) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> attr = om.MObject() >>>>> >>>>> mfn.findAlias('alfred', attr) >>>>> >>>>> plug = om.MPlug(obj, attr) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> print plug.partialName(True, True, True, False, True, True) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> However, what we end up with is remapValue1.value, not >>>>> remapValue1.value[0].value_Position >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Should I just be using getAliasList, and then feeding the text string >>>>> into an MSelectionList? If so, what's the point of findAlias? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - Paul >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya >>>> change your subscription settings: >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya >>> change your subscription settings: >>> http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe >>> >> >> -- >> view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya >> change your subscription settings: >> http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe >> > > -- > view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > change your subscription settings: > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe > -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
