OpenMaya.MObject Class Reference

Class Description

Opaque wrapper for internal Maya objects.

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Constructors

Signature	Parameters	Description
MObject()		Default constructor. Returns an empty MObject instance (i.e. one which contains kNullObj).
MObject(src)	src - MObject	Copy constructor. Returns a new MObject instance which references the same internal Maya object as src, which must be another MObject instance.

Comparison Support

==	True if both MObjects refer to the same internal Maya object, False otherwise.
!=	True if the two MObjects refer to different internal Maya objects, or one is null and the other is not. False otherwise.

 

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Inheritance diagram for OpenMaya.MObject:

Public Member Functions
	__eq__ ()
	__ge__ ()
	__gt__ ()
	__init__ ()
	__le__ ()
	__lt__ ()
	__ne__ ()
	apiType ()
	hasFn ()
	isNull ()

Static Public Attributes
	kNullObj = <OpenMaya.MObjectobject>

Properties
	apiTypeStr

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

OpenMaya.MObject.__init__

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

Member Function Documentation

OpenMaya.MObject.__eq__

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x.__eq__(y) <==> x==y

OpenMaya.MObject.__ge__

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x.__ge__(y) <==> x>=y

OpenMaya.MObject.__gt__

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x.__gt__(y) <==> x>y

OpenMaya.MObject.__le__

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x.__le__(y) <==> x<=y

OpenMaya.MObject.__lt__

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x.__lt__(y) <==> x<y

OpenMaya.MObject.__ne__

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x.__ne__(y) <==> x!=y

OpenMaya.MObject.apiType

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Returns the function set type for the object.

Signature:	apiType()
Parameters:
Returns:	MFn type constant
Description:	Returns a constant indicating the type of the internal Maya object. If the MObject is null MFn.kInvalid will be returned.

OpenMaya.MObject.hasFn

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Tests whether object is compatible with the specified function set.

Signature:	hasFn(fn)
Parameters:	fn - MFn type constant
Returns:	Bool
Description:	Returns True if the internal Maya object supports the specified function set specified by fn.

OpenMaya.MObject.isNull

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Tests whether there is an internal Maya object.

Signature:	isNull()
Parameters:
Returns:	Bool
Description:	Returns True if the MObject is not referring to any Maya internal internal object (i.e. it is equivalent to kNullObj).

Member Data Documentation

OpenMaya.MObject.kNullObj = <OpenMaya.MObjectobject>

static

Name:	kNullObj
Type:	MObject
Description:	Used to indicate that an MObject instance does not refer to any internal Maya object. Also used as a default value for MObject parameters to many methods.

Property Documentation

OpenMaya.MObject.apiTypeStr

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 (readonly) String containing the object's type name.

Name:	apiTypeStr
Type:	string
Access:	R
Description:	The internal Maya object's MFn type as a string. E.g. 'kTime' for a time node.