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Synopsis

affects [-by] [-type string] string

affects is NOT undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.

This command returns the list of attributes on a node or node type which affect the named attribute.

Return value

stringList of affected/affecting attributes

Keywords

attribute, node, class, dg

Related

affectedNet, listConnections

Flags

by, type
Long name (short name) Argument types Properties
-by(-) create
Show attributes that are affected by the given one rather than the ones that affect it.
-type(-t) string create
static node type from which to get 'affects' information

Flag can appear in Create mode of command Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command Flag can be used more than once in a command.

MEL examples

// List the attributes on node "sphere" that affect the "tx" attribute
sphere -n sphere;
affects tx sphere;

// List the attributes on nodes of type "transform" that are affected by
// the "ty" attribute
affects ty -by -t transform;

// List the attributes on nodes of type "revolve" that affect the
// "outputSurface" attribute
affects outputSurface -t revolve;