pymel.core.context.lassoContext

lassoContext(*args, **kwargs)

Creates a context to perform selection via a lasso. Use for irregular selection regions, where the marquee-styleselect of the selectContextis inappropriate.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name Argument Types Properties
drawClosed / dc bool ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif ../../../_images/edit.gif
  Turns the closed display of the lasso on/off.
exists / ex bool ../../../_images/create.gif
  Returns true or false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored.
fastComponents / fc bool  
   
history / ch bool ../../../_images/create.gif
  If this is a tool command, turn the construction history on for the tool in question.
image1 / i1 unicode ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif ../../../_images/edit.gif
  First of three possible icons representing the tool associated with the context.
image2 / i2 unicode ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif ../../../_images/edit.gif
  Second of three possible icons representing the tool associated with the context.
image3 / i3 unicode ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif ../../../_images/edit.gif
  Third of three possible icons representing the tool associated with the context.
name / n unicode ../../../_images/create.gif
  If this is a tool command, name the tool appropriately. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.lassoContext

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Create a new lasso context, then switch to it
pm.lassoContext('lassoContext1')
# Result: u'lassoContext1' #
pm.setToolTo('lassoContext1')