pymel does it with two queries using cmds.listConnections as well, plus a bunch of other stuff wrapped around it to sort, split, convert, etc.
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Jesse Capper <jesse.cap...@gmail.com>wrote: > As a bit of an aside, I wish cmds.listConnections had an option to return > connections in source/destination pairs or ordering like pymel does. Is > there a better way to handle disconnecting attributes with an unknown > direction than querying twice like so? > > for attr in attrs: > src_conns = cmds.listConnections(attr, d=False, p=True) or [] > for conn in src_conns: > cmds.disconnectAttr(conn, attr) > dst_conns = cmds.listConnections(attr, s=False, p=True) or [] > for conn in dst_conns: > cmds.disconnectAttr(attr, conn) > > On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:05:46 AM UTC-8, Justin Israel wrote: > > If you have a list of material attributes like this: > > > > mats = ['material1.color', 'material2.color'] > > > > > > Then you can loop over it and disconnect like this: > > > > > > for mat in mats: > > conns = cmds.listConnections(mat, p=True) or [] > > for conn in conns: > > cmds.disconnectAttr(conn, mat) > > > > > > If I missed your question, can you post an example of what you have so > far so I can see what is not working? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 11, 2012, at 5:51 AM, Daz wrote: > > > > Heya > > > > Right, that do gives me what I want thanks ! I had a feeling its one of > settings I just failed to understand it properly... > > > > Anyway since I'm writing here got 1 more question. > > > > I have a list of materials and then a list of specific connections to > those materials. > > > > Is there a way to disconnect those connection from those materials? > > > > My test fail somehow because(I think) every time I go through loop I end > up trying to disconnect wrong nodes from wrong materials, since it goes one > by one over list... > > > > Not sure if I can match up list somehow or tell it to pick 1 mat, get > its connections, break them, move to next node > > > > Is there a way to do it ? Must be I guess I just didn't find out the > proper command or how to name it... > > > > Thanks, bye. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > > To post to this group, send email to python_in...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To post to this group, send email to python_inside_maya@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
