pymel.core.system.unknownPlugin¶

unknownPlugin(*args, **kwargs)¶

Allows querying of the unknown plug-ins used by the scene, and provides a means to remove them.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
dataTypes / dt		bool
	Returns the data types associated with the given unknown plug-in. This will always be empty for pre-Maya 2014 files.
list / l		bool
	Lists the unknown plug-ins in the scene.
nodeTypes / nt		bool
	Returns the node types associated with the given unknown plug-in. This will always be empty for pre-Maya 2014 files.
remove / r		bool
	Removes the given unknown plug-in from the scene. For Maya 2014 files and onwards, this will fail if node or data types defined by the plug-in are still in use.
version / v		bool
	Returns the version string of the given unknown plug-in. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.unknownPlugin

Example:

::

import pymel.core as pm

# list the unknown plug-ins # pm.unknownPlugin( q=True, l=True )

# query the version of the unknown plug-in # pm.unknownPlugin( “foo”, q=True, v=True ) 1.0

# attempt to remove the unknown plug-in # pm.unknownPlugin( “foo”, r=True )