for future reference to those that looked for an answer to this issue (as
was I)
This is how you get a node's typeID
import maya.OpenMaya as OpenMaya
node = cmds.ls("network1")[0]
sel = OpenMaya.MSelectionList()
mobj = OpenMaya.MObject()
OpenMaya.MGlobal.getActiveSelectionList(sel)
sel.getDependNode(0, mobj)
fn = OpenMaya.MFnDependencyNode(mobj)
id = fn.typeId().id()
print(hex(id))
On Friday 24 September 2010 at 17:26:23 UTC+2 Jan Berger wrote:
>
> I`m not sure I have enough info to give specific advice, I presume the
> node may not exist that you want to get the typeId for?
> If MDGModifier does not do the job how about just creating one and then
> use MGlobal::deleteNode() to get rid of it?
> Just a thought...
>
> At 09:56 PM 9/22/2010, you wrote:
>
> On Sep 22, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Jan Berger wrote:
>
>
> there is MFnDependencyNode::typeId()
> to get it for a specific node type I guess one would need to use the
> create function beforehand
>
>
> yes, it's not a static/class method so the MFnDependencyNode class needs
> to be instantiated to use that method... meaning you need an existing
> node. i've done some very nasty things using dg modifiers to create
> "ghosedt" nodes that do not yet exist to find out their type, the revert
> the dgmod, but i'd rather not have to do that.
>
> -chad
>
>
>
>
>
> At 08:26 PM 9/22/2010, you wrote:
>
> i've searched for this before without avail, but it's biting me again in a
> different context, so i thought i'd check:
>
> is there a way to get the typeId of a node without having an existing
> instance of the node?
>
> i would expect a static method on MFnDependencyNode, like the following:
>
> MFnDependencyNode.getTypeId('transform')
>
> but i can't find anything....
>
> -chad
>
>
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