That’s right, you can look them up in the Node documentation, but what you searched for was not the node *type*, it was their name. Their type is listed to the left of it’s name in the Attribute Editor.
[image: Inline images 1] This node is of type: resolution. - http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/Nodes/resolution.html On 15 July 2015 at 18:52, Tim Crowson <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, and I figured I would take a look at the Node and Attribute Reference > section in the docs, but that doesn't list even the nodes you've pointed me > to here. defaultRenderGlobals and defaultResolution aren't even listed > there. Is there a place where I can get a more accurate list of nodes? (on > 2016 SP1 here) > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:44 PM Tim Crowson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, I figured those attrs were on a different node, but I didn't know >> what node to look at. >> >> For setting framerate, am I right in thinking I need to target yet >> another node, some preference node? I can work with attributes, as long as >> I know which node I need. I just don't know what nodes are out there and >> which ones have the attributes I want... >> >> Thanks for your help! >> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:40 PM Kurian O.S <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Okay defaultRenderGlobals, defaultRenderQuality and defaultResolution >>> those are separate nodes in maya, if you want to get rez then >>> cmds.getAttr("defaultResolution.width") >>> cmds.getAttr("defaultResolution.height") >>> >>> As Marcus said you can select each of them and see what attrs there :) >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Tim Crowson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks. I've used this for certain attributes, but I can't figure out >>>> resolution specifically. >>>> >>>> For example, *cmds.getAttr("defaultRenderGlobals.resolution")* throws >>>> an error: "Error: Message attributes have no data values." Hence some >>>> confusion.... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:40 AM Kurian O.S <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> welcome to maya world ;) >>>>> >>>>> if you do a listAttr on renderglobals you will see all the attrs which >>>>> connected to renderglobals eg : >>>>> >>>>> cmds.listAttr("defaultRenderGlobals") >>>>> # Result: [u'message', u'caching', u'isHistoricallyInteresting', >>>>> u'nodeState', u'binMembership', u'macCodec', u'macDepth', u'macQual', >>>>> u'comFrrt', u'renderAll', u'ignoreFilmGate', u'quality', u'resolution', >>>>> u'clipFinalShadedColor', u'enableDepthMaps', u'enableDefaultLight', >>>>> u'currentRenderer',etc .....] # list was long so i just removed bunch of >>>>> items >>>>> >>>>> then you can say >>>>> >>>>> cmds.setAttr("defaultRenderGlobals.imageFormat", 8) #this will set jpg >>>>> as image format. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this help >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Tim Crowson <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey folks, >>>>>> >>>>>> I did a quick search through this group's threads and couldn't really >>>>>> find the answers I was looking for... >>>>>> >>>>>> I am still quite a novice with how Maya does things. I touched the >>>>>> tip of the iceberg a few months ago but got pulled onto other things. I'm >>>>>> struggling with how to set render settings in Maya. Specifically, I'm >>>>>> wanting to set things like render resolution, aspect ratio, image format, >>>>>> render cam. >>>>>> >>>>>> On a related note, I'm also curious about how to set render paths >>>>>> properly. In Softimage there is a root path field in the scene settings, >>>>>> but Maya seems to want to me to set this in the Project Settings. Any >>>>>> insight here? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for your help! 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