Because its a compound array attribute
list_attr = cmds.listAttr("miDefaultOptions.stringOptions", multi=True)
for each_attr in list_attr:
if str(each_attr).endswith("value"):
attr_bld = "miDefaultOptions.%s" % each_attr
arrt_val = cmds.getAttr(attr_bld)
print arrt_val
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Arjun Thekkummadathil
<3dar...@gmail.com>wrote:
> well these are all the regular processes but the unified sampling is not a
> parameter on the miDefaultOptions node it comes as a sting options and i
> kind of figured that the way to query that value is
>
> getAttr("miDefaultOptions.stringOptions[28].value")
>
> if i do a listAttr miDefaultOptions that doesn't list the unified sampling
> its just list stringOptions
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Kurian O.S <kuria...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You can also use listAttr to get all the available attrs from a node
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, August 18, 2013, Christopher Stewart wrote:
>>
>>> Most setting changes will be reflected in the script editor's output. So:
>>>
>>> setAttr "miDefaultOptions.maxSamples" 2;
>>>
>>> could become:
>>>
>>> import maya.cmds as cmds
>>> cmds.setAttr('miDefaultOptions.maxSamples', 2)
>>>
>>> The Python syntax is often very similar and easy to convert.
>>>
>>> You could use the "getAttr" command to check a value, and change it if
>>> needed, or simply force each parameter to be what you'd like without a
>>> check. There are examples given in Maya's python documentation (at the
>>> bottom of each command's page).
>>>
>>> Sometimes you will not get a result in the script editor when changing
>>> settings. Often enabling 'echo all commands' from the script editor's
>>> History menu will garner a result.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Christopher
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Arjun Thekkummadathil <
>>> 3dar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> I am trying to write a code to do some checks for render parameter and
>>>> i would like to know how to access the parameters on the render
>>>> settings>quality tab for example
>>>> how to check if unified sampling is checked on/off
>>>> am using maya 2012
>>>>
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