As a shot in the dark, if the origin of your namespaces is from importing a scene, you have the option of merging names as opposed to storing it all within a namespace. Namespaces are originally for dealing with name clashes.
>From the docs: Namespaces are primarily used to resolve name-clash issues in Maya, where a new object has the same name as an existing object (from importing a file, for example). - Docs <http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/CommandsPython/namespace.html> On 4 September 2014 09:07, Marcus Ottosson <konstrukt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Marcus! > Well, that only renames the node. So child nodes will still have the > namespace intact. > > Yes it does. A namespace in Maya is actually nothing more than some > additional character in its name. The cmds.namespace() is really just a > fancy cmds.rename if all you’re using it for is renaming nodes. One of > its benefits lie in the creation or removal of namespace objects, those you > can see under Window -> General Editors -> Namespace Editor. But even > those are mere conveniences for ultimately renaming nodes, as the “root” > namespace really just means “no colons (:) in the name” > > With this in mind, the following snippet would look at your selection, and > remove namespaces from all children below. > > def remove_namespaces(node): > > try: > # Note rsplit instead of split > > namespace, name = node.rsplit(":", 1) > except: > namespace, name = None, node > > if namespace: > try: > cmds.rename(node, name) > except RuntimeError: > # Can't remove namespaces from read-only nodes > # E.g. namespaces embedded in references > pass > def remove_namespaces_from_selection(): > for node in cmds.ls(sl=1): > # Remove namespaces of all children first > for descendent in cmds.listRelatives(node, allDescendents=True): > remove_namespaces(descendent) > > # Finally, remove namespace from current selection > remove_namespaces(node) > > > remove_namespaces_from_selection() > > It wouldn’t look at shaders though, for that I’d recommend also listing > connection to each node capable of having a shader. > > Does that help at all? > > > > On 3 September 2014 20:49, Stefan Andersson <sander...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Marcus! >> Well, that only renames the node. So child nodes will still have the >> namespace intact. >> >> So right now I have this which moves the namespace eventually into the >> root >> >> >> oSel = cmds.ls(sl=True)[0].split(":") >> if len(oSel) >1: >> for i in range(len(oSel)-1): >> cmds.namespace(mv=(oSel[i], ":"), f=True) >> >> Still trying to find a clever way of removing a selected object/shader >> (and their child nodes) into the root. >> >> regards >> stefan >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Marcus Ottosson <konstrukt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Stefan, >>> >>> The namespace is in the name, so renaming a node to a name without >>> namespace will effectively remove its namespace. >>> >>> cmds.rename('namespace:my_node', 'my_node') >>> >>> So if you’ve got many shaders you’d like to remove namespaces from, >>> simply rename them all. >>> >>> for shader in cmds.ls(type='shadingDependNode'): >>> try: >>> # Note rsplit instead of split >>> namespace, name = shader.rsplit(":", 1) >>> except: >>> namespace, name = None, shader >>> >>> if namespace: >>> try: >>> cmds.rename(shader, name) >>> except RuntimeError: >>> # Can't rename some shaders, like lambert1 >>> pass >>> >>> Best, >>> Marcus >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3 September 2014 17:53, Stefan Andersson <sander...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I'm having a brain lock down... I'm trying to removed namespaces (both >>>> nested and not nested) from shaders. But can't for the world in me figure >>>> out how to check the namespace of the selected object, or query a node to >>>> return the namespaces.... >>>> >>>> I need to get a string back of all the namespaces that a object or a >>>> shader has. >>>> >>>> any help would be appreciated. or a RTFM to a specific page :) >>>> >>>> regards >>>> stefan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- -- - [ *not morse code* ] -- - - -- -- - -- - -- -- - - - --- - -- >>>> - - - --- - >>>> *stefan andersson | vfx superviso*r >>>> Important Looking Pirates | http://www.ilpvfx.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAKW24e1X8N1As7CCePs_ijzMHj641rP7gCM_C3yNZ96QMqsdKA%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAKW24e1X8N1As7CCePs_ijzMHj641rP7gCM_C3yNZ96QMqsdKA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Marcus Ottosson* >>> konstrukt...@gmail.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAFRtmOCYhOyigQ4Evvb4S%3D4EPOA3os-%3D06myX6d-zcKsfMRxFQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAFRtmOCYhOyigQ4Evvb4S%3D4EPOA3os-%3D06myX6d-zcKsfMRxFQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- -- - [ *not morse code* ] -- - - -- -- - -- - -- -- - - - --- - -- - >> - - --- - >> *stefan andersson | vfx superviso*r >> Important Looking Pirates | http://www.ilpvfx.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAKW24e0G6igN1y3BJ2m3DxL8tkYUYavysvTpmD9-Fm4zbN2xAg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAKW24e0G6igN1y3BJ2m3DxL8tkYUYavysvTpmD9-Fm4zbN2xAg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > *Marcus Ottosson* > konstrukt...@gmail.com > -- *Marcus Ottosson* konstrukt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. 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