pymel.core.modeling.blindDataType

static modeling.blindDataType(*args, **kwargs)

This command creates a blind data type, which is represented by a blindDataTemplate node in the DG. A blind data type can have one or more attributes. On the command line, the attributes should be ordered by type for best memory utilization, largest first: string, binary, double, float, int, and finally boolean. Once a blind data type is created, blind data of that type may be assigned using the polyBlindData command. Note that as well as polygon components, blind data may be assigned to objects and to NURBS patches. A blind data type may not be modified after it is created: in order to do so it must be deleted and recreated. Any existing blind data of that type would also need to be deleted and recreated. When used with the query flag, this command will return information about the attributes of the specified blind data type.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
dataType (dt)		unicode
	Specifies the dataTypes that are part of BlindData node being created. Allowable strings are int, float, double, string, booleanand binary. Must be used togeter with the -ldn and -sdn flags to specify each attribute.
longDataName (ldn)		unicode
	Specifies the long names of the datas that are part of BlindData node being created. Must be used togeter with the -dt and -sdn flags to specify each attribute.
longNames (ln)		bool
	Specifies that for a query command the long attributes names be listed.
shortDataName (sdn)		unicode
	Specifies the short names of the data that are part of BlindData node being created. Must be used togeter with the -dt and -ldn flags to specify each attribute. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
shortNames (sn)		bool
	Specifies that for a query command the short attribute names be listed.
typeId (id)		int
	Specifies the typeId of the BlindData type being created.
typeNames (tn)		bool
	Specifies that for a query command the data types be listed.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.blindDataType

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# To create a new blind data typeId with a floating point attribute
pm.blindDataType( id=9001, dt='float', longDataName='bdFloat', shortDataName='bdf' )
# Result: u'blindDataTemplate1' #
# To create a Blind Data type with several attributes
pm.blindDataType( 'ruf', '-dt', 'float', '-longDataName', 'smoothness', '-shortDataName', 'smo', '-dt', 'int' id=9005, dt='float', longDataName='roughness', shortDataName='', longDataName='count', shortDataName='cnt' )
# To query if a type is already used
pm.blindDataType( 9001
# to query the type of a single attribute
 'blindDataType', '-q', '-id', 9001, '-tn', '-ldn', 'smoothness', query=True, id=True )
# to get the types and names for all attributes
pm.blindDataType( 9001, '-tn', query=True, id=True )