On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 10:40 AM Rudi Hammad <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just use the api to access stuff like MVector, MPoints, etc... I like
> that with the new api lists are arguments, for example:
> import maya.api.OpenMaya as OpenMaya
> pointA = OpenMaya.MPoint(cmds.xform('joint1', q=True, t=True, ws=True))
> <== works
>
> but
>
> import maya.OpenMaya as oldOm
> pointA = oldOm.MPoint(cmds.xform('joint1', q=True, t=True, ws=True)) <==
> doesn´t work because it doesn´t accept lists
>
> isn´t api 2.0 easier to work with?
>
The point of the 2.0 api was to be more pythonic and make it more natural
to work with.
This actually works in the old api:
pointA = oldOm.MPoint(*cmds.xform('joint1', q=True, t=True, ws=True))
Notice the * in front of the results of the call to xform, which expands
the list into arguments.
> El viernes, 17 de junio de 2016, 23:54:18 (UTC+2), Justin Israel escribió:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 8:30 AM Rudi Hammad <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I was talking with a colleague from the studio, and he told me that they
>>> don use the api.2.0 in maya 2015 because it is very buggy.
>>> Do you recommend not using the api 2.0? In the documentation it is
>>> recomended to use 2.0, but in practice it doesn´t look a good idea
>>> I am using maya 2016.5, so I don´t know if it is any better
>>>
>>
>> Did your colleague give any example of where it is buggy? I am actually
>> interested to know, since I am not up on the state of it. I've not heard
>> others talk about it being buggy... just incomplete.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> cheers
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