If I recall correctly, I just had to do a getAliasAttr / MSelectionList combo, as I suggested. Not sure when you would want to use findAlias (since it seems unreliable)...
- Paul On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Miguel González Viñé <[email protected]>wrote: > Did you solve this or anyone knows how to get the MPlug from the alias > name in a MFnDependencyNode? > Also I've tried with getAliasAttr but I don't know what to do with the > returned MObject. > > Thank you! > > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 4:14 AM, Paul Molodowitch <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey all - so, I have an alias which refers to an multi-compound attribute: >> >> import maya.cmds as cmds >> >> remap = cmds.createNode('remapValue') >> >> cmds.aliasAttr ('alfred', remap + '.value[0].value_Position') >> >> print cmds.aliasAttr(remap, q=1) >> >> >> So far so good. Now, using the api, and starting with just the alias >> name, I want to be able to get an MPlug for the plug it points to. >> Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to do this. The obvious way - using >> MFnDependencyNode.findAlias - only gives me a plug for the base attribute, >> not the specific index / child the alias actually refers to: >> >> >> import maya.OpenMaya as om >> >> >> sel = om.MSelectionList() >> >> sel.add(remap) >> >> >> obj = om.MObject() >> >> sel.getDependNode(0, obj) >> >> mfn = om.MFnDependencyNode(obj) >> >> >> attr = om.MObject() >> >> mfn.findAlias('alfred', attr) >> >> plug = om.MPlug(obj, attr) >> >> >> print plug.partialName(True, True, True, False, True, True) >> >> >> >> However, what we end up with is remapValue1.value, not >> remapValue1.value[0].value_Position >> >> >> Should I just be using getAliasList, and then feeding the text string >> into an MSelectionList? If so, what's the point of findAlias? >> >> >> - Paul >> >> -- >> http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya >> > > -- > view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > change your subscription settings: > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe > -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
