for an example of an api function that gets almost any type of plug
value check out pymel.core.datatypes.getPlugValue. it's good reference.
-chad
On Apr 10, 2009, at 6:10 AM, scroll-lock wrote:
>
> I managed to get the value like this:
>
> node = self.thisMObject()
> fnThisNode = OpenMaya.MFnDependencyNode(node)
> attr = fnThisNode.attribute("testAttr")
> plug = OpenMaya.MPlug(node, transp)
> value = plug.asFloat()
> print value
>
> But I really want to know why the other method I know works in C++
> doesn't work for me here. And am I doing it right when I'm using the
> name of the attribute (as string) to get it's value ?
> >
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