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setNodeTypeFlag(
[string]
, [display=boolean], [threadSafe=boolean])
Note: Strings representing object names and arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the synopsis.
setNodeTypeFlag is undoable, queryable, and NOT editable.
This command sets static data on the specified node type. This will affect the
class of node type as a whole. The argument passed may be the name of the node
type or the node type tag. Node type tags may be found using the objectType
command.
| boolean | Did the command succeed? |
In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.
display, threadSafe
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display(dsp)
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boolean
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Sets whether the node type will appear in the UI or not. Setting
display to false will cause the node type to not appear in the UI.
Query mode to obtain the value of the display flag.
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threadSafe(ts)
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boolean
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Sets whether the node type will evaluate in parallel when using the parallel DG
evaluation option in Viewport 2.0.
In query mode returns true if the node type will evaluate in parallel when using
the parallel DG evaluation option in Viewport 2.0.
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Flag can appear in Create mode of command
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Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
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Flag can appear in Query mode of command
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Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
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import maya.cmds as cmds
# don't display unit conversion nodes
cmds.setNodeTypeFlag( cmds.objectType(tagFromType='unitConversion'), display=False )
cmds.setNodeTypeFlag( 'mesh', threadSafe=True )
cmds.setNodeTypeFlag( 'mesh', q='true', threadSafe=True )
# Returns True
# don't display legacy render layers
cmds.setNodeTypeFlag("renderLayer", display=False)
# Returns True
# ask for the value of the display flag of unit conversion nodes
cmds.setNodeTypeFlag(cmds.objectType(tagFromType='unitConversion'), query=True, display=True)
# Returns False
# ask for the value of the display flag of legacy render layers nodes
cmds.setNodeTypeFlag("renderLayer", query=True, display=True)
# Returns False