pymel.core.context.curveEditorCtx

curveEditorCtx(*args, **kwargs)

The curveEditorCtx command creates a new NURBS editor context, which is used to edit a NURBS curve or surface.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name Argument Types Properties
direction / dir int ../../../_images/query.gif
  Query the current direction of the tangent control. Always zero for the curve case. In the surface case, its 0 for the normal direction, 1 for U direction and 2 for V direction.
exists / ex bool ../../../_images/create.gif
  Returns true or false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored.
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.
relativeTangentSize / rts float ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif ../../../_images/edit.gif
  Relative size of the tangent manipulator handle. Helps to adjust as the surface parameterization controls the size of the tangent, even if the shape of the surface remains the same. The default is 4.
title / t unicode ../../../_images/query.gif ../../../_images/edit.gif
  The title for the tool. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.curveEditorCtx

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Create a curve
pm.curve(p=[(0, 0, 0), (3, 5, 6), (5, 6, 7), (9, 9, 9), (12, 10, 2)], k=[0,0,0,1,2,2,2])
# Result: nt.Transform(u'curve1') #

# Create a new curve editor context to modify the curve, then switch to it
# You can modify the curve using the manipulator handle
pm.curveEditorCtx('curveEditorCtx1')
pm.setToolTo('curveEditorCtx1')