What's New in MEL and Python

New commands

The following commands have been added:

• addFrameRenderCallback
• canCreateCaddyManip
• colorInputWidgetGrp
• colorManagementCatalog
• colorManagementFileRules
• colorManagementPrefs
• dbtrace
• deformerEvaluator
• deltaMush
• dgfilter
• evaluationManager
• evaluator
• falloffCurve
• hotkeyCtx
• hotkeyEditorPanel
• hotkeySet
• inViewEditor
• manipPivot
• mayaDpiSetting
• melOptions
• nSoft
• polyBevel3
• polyContourProjection
• polyPinUV
• polyRemesh
• profiler
• profilerTool
• sculptMeshCacheCtx
• sculptTarget
• showMetadata
• soloMaterial
• sortCaseInsensitive
• texCutContext
• texSculptCacheContext
• unknownNode
• unknownPlugin
• vnn
• vnnConnect
• xformConstraint

Obsolete commands

The following commands have been removed:

• listMenuAnnotation
• retarget

Changed commands

The following commands have been changed:

Command	Changes
animLayer	Flag added: exclusive
color	Flag added: rgbColor
connectControl	Flag added: preventContextualMenu
ctxEditMode	Flag added: buttonDown Flag added: buttonUp
dataStructure	Flag added: listMemberNames Flag added: dataType
dbpeek	Flag added: argument Flag deleted: type
dgdirty	Flag added: implicit Flag added: showTiming
dgeval	Flag added: src
displayPref	Flag added: materialLoadingMode
dockControl	Flag added: fixedWidth Flag added: fixedHeight Flag added: moveable Flag added: dockStation Flag added: splitLayout Flag added: retain
dynPaintEditor	Flag deleted: exposure Flag deleted: gamma
error	Flag added: noContext
expression	Flag added: safe Flag added: timeDependent
findType	Flag added: forward
floatField	Flag added: showTrailingZeros
floatFieldGrp	Flag added: showTrailingZeros
fontDialog	Flag added: scalable
frameLayout	Flag added: backgroundShade
getMetadata	Flag added: listStreamNames Flag added: listChannelNames Flag added: listMemberNames Flag added: dataType
hide	Flag added: invertComponents
hotBox	Flag added: modelingToggleMenus Flag added: modelingOnlyMenus Flag added: riggingToggleMenus Flag added: riggingOnlyMenus
hotkey	Flag added: shiftModifier Flag added: dragPress Flag added: ctxClient
iconTextButton	Flag added: flipX Flag added: flipY Flag added: menuItem Flag added: rotation Flag added: scaleItem Flag added: useAlpha
iconTextCheckBox	Flag added: flipX Flag added: flipY Flag added: rotation Flag added: useAlpha
iconTextRadioButton	Flag added: flipX Flag added: flipY Flag added: rotation Flag added: useAlpha
iconTextStaticLabel	Flag added: flipX Flag added: flipY Flag added: rotation Flag added: useAlpha
internalVar	Flag added: userHotkeyDir
isolateSelect	Flag added: removeDagObject
keyTangent	Flag added: pluginTangentTypes
layerButton	Flag added: layerHideOnPlayback Flag added: hideOnPlaybackCommand
license	Flag deleted: status
ls	Flag added: defaultNodes Flag added: uuid
manipMoveContext	Flag added: pinPivot Flag added: flagsnapPivotPos Flag added: flagsnapPivotOri Flag added: tweakMode Flag added: xformConstraint Flag added: lastMode Flag added: manipVisible Flag added: translate
manipOptions	Flag added: showPivotRotateHandle Flag added: pivotRotateHandleOffset Flag added: rememberActiveHandle Flag added: rememberActiveHandleAfterToolSwitch Flag added: hideManipOnCtrl Flag added: hideManipOnShift Flag added: hideManipOnShiftCtrl
manipRotateContext	Flag added: preserveUV Flag added: pinPivot Flag added: snapPivotPos Flag added: snapPivotOri Flag added: useObjectPivot Flag added: useManipPivot Flag added: useCenterPivot Flag added: modifyTranslation Flag added: tweakMode Flag added: xformConstraint Flag added: lastMode Flag added: manipVisible Flag added: rotate
manipScaleContext	Flag added: preserveUV Flag added: pinPivot Flag added: snapPivotPos Flag added: snapPivotOri Flag added: preventNegativeScale Flag added: tweakMode Flag added: xformConstraint Flag added: lastMode Flag added: manipVisible Flag added: scale
menu	Flag added: visible Flag added: version Flag added: ltVersion
menuItem	Flag added: longDivider
modelEditor	Flag added: width Flag added: height Flag added: sceneRenderFilter Flag added: activeShadingGraph Flag added: activeCustomEnvironment Flag added: activeCustomGeometry Flag added: activeCustomOverrideGeometry Flag added: activeCustomRenderer Flag added: activeCustomLighSet Flag added: exposure Flag added: gamma Flag added: toggleGamma Flag added: toggleExposure Flag added: cmEnabled Flag added: viewTransformName
move	Flag added: componentSpace Flag added: preserveChildPosition Flag added: preserveGeometryPosition Flag added: xformConstraint
nameField	Flag added: drawInactiveFrame
nodeEditor	Flag added: activeTab Flag added: allowNewTabs Flag added: allowTabTearoff Flag added: closeAllTabs Flag added: closeTab Flag added: consistentNameSize Flag added: contentsChangedCommand Flag added: createTab Flag added: duplicateTab Flag added: feedbackTabIndex Flag added: focusCommand Flag added: graphSelection Flag added: inContainerView Flag added: isContainerNode Flag added: nodeSwatchSize Flag added: openContainerView Flag added: primary Flag added: redockTab Flag added: renameTab Flag added: restoreLastClosedTab Flag added: showTabs Flag added: tabChangeCommand Flag added: toggleAttrFilter Flag added: vnnCompound Flag added: vnnDgContainer Flag added: vnnRuntime
nodeIconButton	Flag added: rotation Flag added: flipX Flag added: flipY Flag added: useAlpha
nodeTreeLister	Flag added: addVnnItem Flag added: vnnString Flag added: refreshCommand Flag added: nodeLibrary
ogs	Flag added: regenerateUVTilePreview Flag added: fragmentEditor Flag added: enableHardwareInstancing Flag added: deviceInformation
optionMenu	Flag added: beforeShowPopup
outlinerEditor	Flag added: ignoreOutlinerColor Flag added: expandAllItems Flag added: expandAllSelectedItems Flag added: renameSelectedItem
parent	Flag added: noInvScale
performanceOptions	Flag added: passThroughDeltaMush
playblast	Flag added: editorPanelName
pluginInfo	Flag added: writeRequires Flag added: renderer Flag added: animCurveInterp
polyBlendColor	Flag added: baseColorName Flag added: blendFunc Flag added: blendWeightA Flag added: blendWeightB Flag added: blendWeightC Flag added: blendWeightD
polyMapCut	Flag added: moveratio
polyMultiLayoutUV	Flag added: gridU Flag added: gridV
polyOptions	Flag added: hardEdgeColor
polySelectConstraint	Flag added: borderPropagation Flag added: anglePropagation Flag added: loopPropagation Flag added: ringPropagation Flag added: angleTolerance
polySmooth	Flag deleted: useOsdBoundaryMethods
rename	Flag added: uuid
renderer	Flag added: materialViewRendererList Flag added: materialViewRendererSuspend
renderThumbnailUpdate	Flag added: forceUpdate
renderWindowEditor	Flag added: cmEnabled Flag added: viewTransformName
rotate	Flag added: preserveChildPosition Flag added: preserveGeometryPosition Flag added: forceOrderXYZ Flag added: translate Flag added: xformConstraint
runTimeCommand	Flag added: hotkeyCtx Flag added: showInHotkeyEditor
scale	Flag added: preserveChildPosition Flag added: preserveGeometryPosition Flag added: xformConstraint
scaleConstraint	Flag added: scaleCompensate
scrollLayout	Flag added: verticalScrollBarAlwaysVisible Flag added: borderVisible
select	Flag added: symmetrySide
setKeyframe	Flag added: animated
shadingNode	Flag added: isColorManaged
shelfButton	Flag added: rotation Flag added: flipX Flag added: flipY Flag added: useAlpha Flag added: menuItem Flag added: scaleIcon Flag added: noDefaultPopup
shelfLayout	Flag added: version Flag added: ltVersion Flag added: alignment Flag added: spacing
shelfTabLayout	Flag added: newTabCommand Flag added: showNewTab Flag added: borderStyle
shot	Flag added: selfmute
shotTrack	Flag added: unsolo Flag added: selfmute
skinCluster	Flag added: recacheBindMatrices
stereoCameraView	Flag added: width Flag added: height Flag added: sceneRenderFilter Flag added: activeShadingGraph Flag added: activeCustomEnvironment Flag added: activeCustomGeometry Flag added: activeCustomOverrideGeometry Flag added: activeCustomRenderer Flag added: activeCustomLighSet
symmetricModelling	Flag added: allowPartial
tabLayout	Flag added: newTabCommand Flag added: showNewTab Flag added: borderStyle
textField	Flag added: textChangedCommand Flag added: drawInactiveFrame Flag added:
textureWindow	Flag added: checkerDensity Flag added: capture Flag added: captureSequenceNumber Flag added: toggleGamma Flag added: toggleExposure Flag added: cmEnabled Flag added: viewTransformName
treeLister	Flag added: addVnnItem Flag added: vnnString Flag added: refreshCommand
treeView	Flag added: itemDblClickCommand2 Flag added: removeItem
tumbleCtx	Flag added: autoSetPivot
warning	Flag added: noContext
webView	Flag added: windowHeight Flag added: windowWidth
window	Flag added: parent Flag added: dockStation Flag added: dockCorner Flag added: nestedDockingEnabled Flag added: dockingLayout
xform	Flag added: centerPivotsOnComponents