pymel.core.windows.viewManip¶

viewManip(*args, **kwargs)¶

Mel access to the view cube manipulator. In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
bottomLeft / bl		bool
	Positions the cube in the bottom left of the screen.
bottomRight / br		bool
	Positions the cube in the bottom right of the screen.
compassAngle / ca		float
	Angle (in degrees) to rotate the compass.
dragSnap / ds		bool
	Enable snapping of orbit direction to view cube part directions during drag operation.
drawCompass / dc		bool
	Show compass below the view cube.
fitToView / ftv		bool
	Fits the scene bounding box to the active view.
frontParameters / fp		unicode
	Parameter string for the front position
goDefault / gd		bool
	Go to the default position
goHome / gh		bool
	Go to the home position
homeParameters / hp		unicode
	Parameter string for the home position
levelCamera / lc		bool
	Flattens the camera view rotation relative to the ground plane.
minOpacity / mo		float
	Opacity level (in range [0,1]) on view cube when the cursor is away from it (it is fully opaque when the cursor is in the view cube area).
namespace / ns		unicode
	Namespace to use for the object
postCommand / p		unicode
	Command to run after moving
preCommand / pr		unicode
	Command to run before moving
preserveSceneUp / psu		bool
	Specify whether the scene updirection should be preserved
resetFront / rf		bool
	Reset the front position
resetHome / rh		bool
	Reset the home position
restoreCenter / rc		bool
	Repositions the pivot point for orbiting/tumbling the scene to the center of the scene’s bounding box.
selectionLockParameters / slp		unicode
	String containing the selection lock parameters
setFront / sf		bool
	Set the front view to the current one
setHome / sh		bool
	Set the home view to the current one
size / s		unicode
	Set or query the size of the View Cube, which can be one of tiny, small, normal, largeor auto. When set to autothe View Cube will be automatically set to the size most appropriate for the view.
toggleSelectionLock / tsl		bool
	Toggle the selection lock
topLeft / tl		bool
	Positions the cube in the top left of the screen.
topRight / tr		bool
	Positions the cube in the top right of the screen.
visible / v		bool
	Shows/hides the view manip.
zoomToFitScene / zf		bool
	Zoom the camera during animated transitions to fit the scene object in the viewport. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.viewManip

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

#Position the view cube in the top left of the screen and set it to fully opaque
pm.viewManip(topLeft=True, minOpacity=1)