pymel.core.context.manipScaleContext¶
- manipScaleContext(*args, **kwargs)¶
This command can be used to create, edit, or query a scale manip context.
Flags:
Long Name / Short Name Argument Types Properties activeHandle / ah int Sets the default active handle for the manip. That is, the handle which should be initially active when the tool is activated. Values can be: 0 - X axis handle is active1 - Y axis handle is active2 - Z axis handle is active3 - Center handle (all axes) is active (default) alignAlong / aa float, float, float Aligns active handle along vector. constrainAlongNormal / xn bool When true, transform constraints are applied along the vertex normal first and only use the closest point when no intersection is found along the normal. currentActiveHandle / cah int Sets the active handle for the manip. Values can be: 0 - X axis handle is active1 - Y axis handle is active2 - Z axis handle is active3 - Center handle (all axes) is active4 - XY plane handle is active5 - YZ plane handle is active6 - XZ plane handle is active editPivotMode / epm bool Returns true manipulator is in edit pivot mode editPivotPosition / epp bool Returns the current position of the edit pivot manipulator. exists / ex bool Returns true or false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored. 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. lastMode / lm int Returns the previous scaling mode. manipVisible / vis bool Returns true if the scale manipulator is visible. mode / m int Translate mode: 0 - Object Space1 - Local Space2 - World Space (default)3 - Move Along Vertex Normal4 - Move Along Rotation Axis5 - Move Along Live Object Axis6 - Custom Axis Orientation9 - Component Space orientAxes / oa float, float, float Orients manipulator rotating around axes by specified angles orientObject / oo unicode Orients manipulator to the passed in object/component orientTowards / ot float, float, float Orients active handle towards world point pinPivot / pin bool Pin component pivot. When the component pivot is set and pinned selection changes will not reset the pivot position and orientation. pivotOriHandle / poh bool When true, the pivot manipulator will show the orientation handle during editing. Default is true. position / p bool Returns the current position of the manipulator. postCommand / psc script Specifies a command to be executed when the tool is exited. postDragCommand / pod script, <type ‘unicode’> Specifies a command and a node type. The command will be executed at the end of a drag when a node of the specified type is in the selection. preCommand / prc script Specifies a command to be executed when the tool is entered. preDragCommand / prd script, <type ‘unicode’> Specifies a command and a node type. The command will be executed at the start of a drag when a node of the specified type is in the selection. preserveChildPosition / pcp bool When false, the children objects move when their parent is rotated. When true, the worldspace position of the children will be maintained as the parent is moved. Default is false. preserveUV / puv bool When false, the uvs are not changes to match the vertex edit. When true, the uvs are edited to project to new values to stop texture swimming as vertices are moved. preventNegativeScale / pns bool When this is true, negative scale is not allowed. reflection / rfl bool This flag is obsolete. Reflection is now managed as part of selection itself using the symmetricModeling command. reflectionAbout / rab int This flag is obsolete. Reflection is now managed as part of selection itself using the symmetricModeling command. reflectionAxis / rfa int This flag is obsolete. Reflection is now managed as part of selection itself using the symmetricModeling command. reflectionTolerance / rft float This flag is obsolete. Reflection is now managed as part of selection itself using the symmetricModeling command. scale / sc float, float, float Returns the scale of the manipulator for its current orientation/mode. snap / s bool snapPivotOri / spo bool Snap pivot orientation. Modify pivot orientation when snapping the pivot to a component. snapPivotPos / spp bool Snap pivot position. Modify pivot position when snapping the pivot to a component. snapRelative / sr bool snapValue / sv float tweakMode / twk bool When true, the manipulator is hidden and highlighted components can be selected and scaled in one step using a click-drag interaction. useManipPivot / ump bool useObjectPivot / uop bool xformConstraint / xc unicode none - no transform constraintedge - edge transform constraintsurface - surface transform constraintFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list. Derived from mel command maya.cmds.manipScaleContext
Example:
import pymel.core as pm # To create a new scale context: pm.manipScaleContext() # Result: u'manipScaleContext1' # # To query the active handle of an existing scale context: pm.manipScaleContext( 'manipScaleContext1', q=True, ah=True ) # Result: 3 # # To edit an exiting scale context so that it comes up with the X axis # handle active by default: pm.manipScaleContext( 'manipScaleContext1', e=True, ah=0 ) # Result: u'manipScaleContext1' #