It can be done. It's not fool proof but it'll get you working with float
values
def get_attr_in_layer(attr=None, layer=None):
"""
Same as cmds.getAttr but this gets the attribute's value in a given
render layer without having to switch to it
:param attr: string - ex: "node.attribute"
:param layer: string - ex: "layer_name"
:return: multi - can return any objects
"""
connection_list = cmds.listConnections(attr, plugs=True)
if connection_list is None:
return cmds.getAttr(attr)
for connection in connection_list:
attr_component_list = connection.split(".")
if attr_component_list[0] == layer:
attr = ".".join(attr_component_list[0:-1])
print attr
return cmds.getAttr("%s.value" % attr)
return cmds.getAttr(attr)
def set_attr_in_layer(attr=None, layer=None, value=None):
"""
Same as cmds.setAttr but this sets the attribute's value in a given
render layer without having to switch to it
:param attr: string - ex: "node.attribute"
:param layer: string - ex: "layer_name"
:param value: value you want to set the override to
:return: bool - True if successful, False if not
"""
cmds.editRenderLayerAdjustment(attr, layer=layer)
connection_list = cmds.listConnections(attr, plugs=True)
if connection_list is not None:
for connection in connection_list:
attr_component_list = connection.split(".")
if attr_component_list[0] == layer:
attr = ".".join(attr_component_list[0:-1])
cmds.setAttr("%s.value" % attr, value)
return True
return False
On Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 5:08:36 AM UTC-7, Jacob Gonzalez wrote:
>
> by the looks of it, you are right.
>
> so basically, what I'd like to achieve can't be done!
>
> Thans
>
> On Thursday, 30 October 2014 11:11:03 UTC, Fredrik Averpil wrote:
>>
>> I may be wrong here but as far as I know you need the renderlayer you
>> wish to modify to be the currently active renderlayer.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Fredrik
>>
>
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