pymel.core.context.artPuttyCtx¶
- artPuttyCtx(*args, **kwargs)¶
This is a context command to set the flags on the artAttrContext, which is the base context for attribute painting operations. All commands require the name of the context as the last argument as this provides the name of the context to create, edit or query. This command is used to modify NURBS surfaces using a brush based interface (Maya Artisan). This is accomplished by moving the control vertices (cvs) under the brush in the specified direction. In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.
Flags:
Long Name / Short Name Argument Types Properties accopacity / aco bool Sets opacity accumulation on/off. C: Default is false (Except for sculpt tool for which it is true by default). Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. activeListChangedProc / alp unicode Accepts a string that contains a MEL command that is invoked whenever the active list changes. There may be some situations where the UI, for example, needs to be updated, when objects are selected/deselected in the scene. In query mode, the name of the currently registered MEL command is returned and this will be an empty string if none is defined. afterStrokeCmd / asc unicode The passed string is executed as a MEL command immediately after the end of a stroke. C: Default is no command. Q: When queried, it returns the current command alphaclamp / alc unicode Specifies if the weight value should be alpha clamped to the lower and upper bounds. There are four options here: none- no clamping is performed, lower- clamps only to the lower bound, upper- clamps only to the upper bounds, both- clamps to the lower and upper bounds. C: Default is none. Q: When queried, it returns a string. alphaclamplower / acl float Specifies the lower bound for the alpha values. C: Default is 0.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. alphaclampupper / acu float Specifies the upper bound for the alpha values. C: Default is 1.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. attrSelected / asl unicode Returns a name of the currently selected attribute. Q: When queried, it returns a string. autosmooth / asm bool Sets up the auto smoothing option. When the brush is in the smooth mode, adjusting the strength will adjust how fast the surfaces is smoothed out. C: Default is FALSE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. beforeStrokeCmd / bsc unicode The passed string is executed as a MEL command immediately before the start of a stroke. C: Default is no command. Q: When queried, it returns the current command brushStrength / bs float Sets the strength of the brush. Brush strength is supported by the pinch and slide brushes. In pinch mode, adjusting the strength will adjust how quickly the surface converges on the brush center. In slide mode, the strength scales the motion of the brush. C: Default is 1.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. brushalignment / bra bool Specifies the path brush alignemnt. If true, the brush will align to stroke path, otherwise it will align to up vector. C: Default is true. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. brushfeedback / brf bool Specifies if the brush additional feedback should be drawn. C: Default is TRUE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. clamp / cl unicode Specifies if the weight value should be clamped to the lower and upper bounds. There are four options here: none- no clamping is performed, lower- clamps only to the lower bound, upper- clamps only to the upper bounds, both- clamps to the lower and upper bounds. C: Default is none. Q: When queried, it returns a string. clamplower / cll float Specifies the lower bound for the values. C: Default is 0.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. clampupper / clu float Specifies the upper bound for the values. C: Default is 1.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. clear / clr bool Floods all cvs/vertices to the current value. collapsecvtol / clc float Specifies the tolerance for the collapse cv detection. C: Default is 0.005 cm. Q: When queried, it returns a float. colorAlphaValue / cl1 float colorRGBAValue / cl4 float, float, float, float colorRGBValue / cl3 float, float, float colorRamp / cr unicode Allows a user defined color ramp to be used to map values to colors. colorfeedback / cf bool Sets on/off the color feedback display. C: Default is FALSE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. colorfeedbackOverride / cfo bool colorrangelower / crl float Specifies the value that maps to black when color feedback mode is on C: Default is 0.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. colorrangeupper / cru float Specifies the value that maps to the maximum color when color feedback mode is on C: Default is 1.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. dataTypeIndex / dti int When the selected paintable attribute is a vectorArray, it specifies which field to paint on. disablelighting / dl bool If color feedback is on, this flag determines whether lighting is disabled or not for the surfaces that are affected C: Default is FALSE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. dispdecr / dde bool Decreases a maximum displacement by 10%. dispincr / din bool Increases a maximum displacement by 10%. dragSlider / dsl unicode Sets the current brush drag state for resizing or offsetting the brush (like the ‘b’ and ‘m’ default hotkeys). The string argument is one of: radius, lowradius, opacity, value, depth, displacement, uvvectoror none. C: Default is none. duringStrokeCmd / dsk unicode The passed string is executed as a MEL command during the stroke, each time the mouse is dragged. C: Default is no command. Q: When queried, it returns the current command dynclonemode / dcm bool erasesrfupd / eut bool exists / ex bool Returns true or false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored. expandfilename / eef bool If true, it will expand the name of the export file and concatenate it with the surface name. Otherwise it will take the name as it is. C: Default is true. exportaspectratio / ear float exportfilemode / efm unicode Specifies the export channel.The valid entries here are: alpha, luminance, rgb, rgba. C: Default is luminance/rgb. Q: When queried, it returns a string. exportfilesave / esf unicode Exports the attribute map and saves to a specified file. exportfilesizex / fsx int Specifies the width of the attribute map to export. C: Default width is 256. Q: When queried, it returns an integer. exportfilesizey / fsy int Specifies the width of the attribute map to export. C: Default width is 256. Q: When queried, it returns an integer. exportfiletype / eft unicode Specifies the image file format. It can be one of the following: iff, tiff, jpeg, alias, rgb, fitpostScriptEPS, softimage, wavefrontRLA, wavefrontEXP. C: default is tiff. Q: When queried, it returns a string. filterNodes / fon bool Sets the node filter. history / ch bool If this is a tool command, turn the construction history on for the tool in question. image1 / i1 unicode First of three possible icons representing the tool associated with the context. image2 / i2 unicode Second of three possible icons representing the tool associated with the context. image3 / i3 unicode Third of three possible icons representing the tool associated with the context. importfileload / ifl unicode Load the attribute map a specified file. importfilemode / ifm unicode Specifies the channel to import. The valid entries here are: alpha, luminance, red, green, blue, and rgbC: Default is alpha. Q: When queried, it returns a string. importreassign / irm bool Specifies if the multiply atrribute maps are to be reassigned while importing. Only maps previously exported from within Artisan can be reassigned. C: Default is FALSE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. interactiveUpdate / iu bool Specifies how often to transfer the painted values into the attribute. TRUE: transfer them continuously(many times per stroke) FALSE: transfer them only at the end of a stroke (on mouse button release) C: Default is TRUE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. invertrefvector / irv bool Sets the invert of the reference vector option when the reflection is ON. If it is true, the reference vector for the reflected stroke is negated with respect to the original one. C: Default is FALSE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. lastRecorderCmd / lrc unicode lastStampName / lsn unicode lowerradius / lr float Sets the lower size of the brush (only apply on tablet). makeStroke / mst int mappressure / mp unicode Sets the tablet pressure mapping when the table is used. There are four options: none- the pressure has no effect, opacity- the pressure is mapped to the opacity, radius- the is mapped to modify the radius of the brush, both- the pressure modifies both the opacity and the radius. C: Default is none. Q: When queried, it returns a string. maxdisp / md float Defines a maximum displacement ( maxDisp in [0.0..5.0] ). C: Default is 1.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. maxvalue / mxv float Specifies the maximum value for each attribute. C: Default is 1.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. minvalue / miv float Specifies the minimum value for each attribute. C: Default is 0.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. mouldtypehead / mth unicode mouldtypemouse / mtm unicode Specifies the putty operations/mode (push- pushes cvs along the given direction (see refvector flag), pull- pulls cvs along the specified direction, smooth- smooths the sculpt, erase- erases the paint). C: Default is push. Q: When queried, it returns a string. mouldtypetail / mtt unicode name / n unicode If this is a tool command, name the tool appropriately. objattrArray / oaa unicode An array of all paintable attributes. Each element of the array is a string with the following information: NodeType.NodeName.AttributeName.MenuType *MenuType: type(level) of the item in the Menu (UI). Q: When queried, it returns a string. opacity / op float Sets the brush opacity. C: Default is 1.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. outline / o bool Specifies if the brush should be drawn. C: Default is TRUE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. outwhilepaint / owp bool Specifies if the brush outline should be drawn while painting. C: Default is FALSE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. paintNodeArray / pna unicode An array of paintable nodes. Q: When queried, it returns a string. paintattrselected / pas unicode An array of selected paintable attributes. Each element of the array is a string with the following information: NodeType.NodeName.AttributeName. paintmode / pm unicode Specifies the paint mode. There are two possibilities: screenand tangent. C: Default is screen. Q: When queried, it returns a string. paintoperationtype / pot unicode pickColor / pcm bool pickValue / pv bool playbackCursor / plc float, float playbackPressure / plp float polecv / pcv bool Pull all the pole cvs to the same position preserveclonesource / pcs bool profileShapeFile / psf unicode Passes a name of the image file for the stamp shape profile. projective / prm bool Specifies the projective paint mode. C: Default is ‘false’. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. radius / r float Sets the size of the brush. C: Default is 1.0 cm. Q: When queried, it returns a float. rampMaxColor / rxc float, float, float Defines a special color to be used when the value is greater than or equal to the maximum value. rampMinColor / rmc float, float, float Defines a special color to be used when the value is less than or equal to the minimum value. record / rec bool reflection / rn bool Specifies the reflection mode. C: Default is ‘false’. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. reflectionaboutorigin / rno bool reflectionaxis / ra unicode Specifies the reflection axis. There are three possibilities: x, yand z. C: Default is x. Q: When queried, it returns a string. refsurface / rs bool Sets on/off the update of the reference surface. If it is true the reference surface is automatically updated on the per stroke bases. If it is false, the user has to update the reference surface explicitly by pressing the update button (see updaterefsrf). C: Default is TRUE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. refvector / rv unicode Specifies the direction of the push/pull operation (normal- sculpt along normals, firstnormal- sculpt along the first normal of the stroke, view- sculpt along the view direction, xaxis, yaxis, zaxis- sculpt along a given axis directions, uisoparm, visoparm- sculpt along U or V isoparametric lines), uvvector- sculpt along an arbitrary vector in UV space. C: Default is normal. Q: When queried, it returns a string. refvectoru / rvu float Specifies the U component of the UV vector to be used when -refVector is set to uvvector. refvectorv / rvv float Specifies the V component of the UV vector to be used when -refVector is set to uvvector. screenRadius / scR float selectclonesource / scs bool selectedattroper / sao unicode Sets the edit weight operation. Four edit weights operations are provided : absolute- the value of the weight is replaced by the current one, additive- the value of the weight is added to the current one, scale- the value of the weight is multiplied by the current one, smooth- the value of the weight is divided by the current one. C: Default is absolute. Q: When queried, it returns a string. showactive / sa bool Sets on/off the display of the surface isoparms. C: Default is TRUE. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. smoothiters / si int Sets the quality of the smoothing operation (number of iterations). C: Default is 3. Q: When queried, it returns an int. stampDepth / stD float stampProfile / stP unicode Sets the brush profile of the current stamp. Currently, the following profiles are supported: gaussian, soft, solidand square. C: Default is gaussian. Q: When queried, it returns a string. stampSpacing / stS float stitchcorner / stc bool Sets on/off the stitching corner mode C: Default is off. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. stitchedgeflood / sef bool Triggers postprocessing stitching edge procedure. stitchtype / stt unicode Sets on/off the stitching mode ( off- stitching is turned off, position- position stitching is done without taking care about the tangent continuity C0, tan- C1 continuity is preserved). C: Default is position. Q: When queried, it returns a string. strokesmooth / ssm unicode surfaceConformedBrushVertices / scv bool Enables/disables the the display of the effective brush area as affected vertices. tablet / tab bool Returns true if the tablet device is present, false if it is absent tangentOutline / to bool Enables/disables the display of the brush circle tangent to the surface. toolOffProc / tfp unicode Accepts a strings describing the name of a MEL procedure that is invoked whenever the tool is turned off. For example, cloth invokes clothPaintToolOffwhen the cloth paint tool is turned on. Define this callback if your tool requires special functionality when your tool is deactivated. It is typical that if you implement a toolOffProc you will want to implement a toolOnProc as well (see the -toolOnProc flag. In query mode, the name of the currently registered MEL command is returned and this will be an empty string if none is defined. toolOnProc / top unicode Accepts a strings describing the name of a MEL procedure that is invoked whenever the tool is turned on. For example, cloth invokes clothPaintToolOnwhen the cloth paint tool is turned on. Define this callback if your tool requires special functionality when your tool is activated. It is typical that if you implement a toolOnProc you will want to implement a toolOffProc as well (see the -toolOffProc flag. In query mode, the name of the currently registered MEL command is returned and this will be an empty string if none is defined. updateerasesrf / ues bool Updates the erase surface. updaterefsrf / urs bool Updates the reference surface. useColorRamp / ucr bool Specifies whether the user defined color ramp should be used to map values from to colors. If this is turned off, the default greyscale feedback will be used. useMaxMinColor / umc bool Specifies whether the out of range colors should be used. See rampMinColor and rampMaxColor flags for further details. usepressure / up bool Sets the tablet pressure on/off. C: Default is false. Q: When queried, it returns a boolean. value / val float Specifies the value for each attribute. C: Default is 0.0. Q: When queried, it returns a float. whichTool / wst unicode The string defines the name of the tool to be used for the Artisan context. An example is artClothPaint. In query mode, the tool name for the given context is returned. Note: due to the way MEL works, always specify the -query flag last when specifying a flag that takes arguments. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list. worldRadius / wlR float Derived from mel command maya.cmds.artPuttyCtx
Example:
import pymel.core as pm # Set the brush radius to 20.0 pm.artPuttyCtx( 'artPuttyContext', e=True, radius=20.00 ) # Set the display of additional brush feedback pm.artPuttyCtx( 'artPuttyContext', e=True, brushfeedback=True )