Attributes¶

vtool.maya_lib.attr.Attributes(node) Still testing.

class Attributes(node)¶

Still testing. Convenience class for dealing with groups of attributes. Currently only works on bool, long, short, float, double

Parameters:	node (str) – The name of the node where the attributes live.

create_all()¶: Meant to be used after delete_all to restore the attributes.

delete(name)¶

delete the attribute by name

Parameters:	name (str) – The name of an attribute on the node.

create(name, var_type, index=None)¶

Create an attribute on the node. This refreshes all the attributes.

Parameters:	name (str) – The name of the attribute. var_type (str) – The type of variable. index (int) – The index where the attribute should be created. 0 would make it the first attribute.

get_variables()¶

Get the variables initialized to the var class

Returns:	A list of var classes initalized to work on variables on the node.
Return type:	list

get_variable(attribute_name)¶

Get a variable by name initialized to the var class.

Parameters:	attribute_name (str) – The name of a variable on the node.
Returns:	An instance of the var class.
Return type:	object

rename_variable(old_name, new_name)¶

Rename a variable. This will work in such a way that the variables are all reset.

Parameters:	old_name (str) – The old name of the variable. new_name (str) – The new name of the variable.