pymel.core.general.createNode¶

createNode(*args, **kwargs)¶

This command creates a new node in the dependency graph of the specified type.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
name / n		unicode
	Sets the name of the newly-created node. If it contains namespace path, the new node will be created under the specified namespace; if the namespace doesn’t exist, we will create the namespace.
parent / p		unicode
	Specifies the parent in the DAG under which the new node belongs.
shared / s		bool
	This node is shared across multiple files, so only create it if it does not already exist.
skipSelect / ss		bool
	This node is not to be selected after creation, the original selection will be preserved. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.createNode

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.createNode( 'transform', n='transform1' )
# Result: nt.Transform(u'transform1') #
pm.createNode( 'nurbsSurface', n='surface1', p='transform1' )
# Result: nt.NurbsSurface(u'surface1') #
pm.createNode( 'camera', shared=True, n='top' )

# This transform will be selected when created
pm.createNode( 'transform', n='selectedTransform' )
# Result: nt.Transform(u'selectedTransform') #

# This will create a new transform node, but 'selectedTransform'
# will still be selected.
pm.createNode( 'transform', ss=True )
# Result: nt.Transform(u'transform2') #

# Create node under new namespace
pm.createNode( 'transform', n='newNS:transform1' )
# Result: nt.Transform(u'newNS:transform1') #