pymel.core.animation.writeTake

writeTake(*args, **kwargs)

This action writes a take from a device with recorded data to a take (.mov) file. The writeTake action can also write the virtual definition of a device. See also: recordDevice, readTake, defineVirtualDevice

Flags:
Long name (short name) Argument Types Properties
angle (a) unicode ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Sets the angular unit used in the take. Valid strings are [deg|degree|rad|radian].C: The default is the current user angular unit.
device (d) unicode ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Specifies the device that contains the take. This is a required argument. If the device does not contain a take, the action will fail.
linear (l) unicode ../../../_images/create.gif
 

Sets the linear unit used in the take. Valid strings are [mm|millimeter|cm|centimeter|m|meter|km|kilometer|in|inch|ft|foot|yd|yard|mi|mile]C: The default is the current user linear unit.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

noTime (nt) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
The take (.mov) file will not contain time stamps.C: The default is to put time stamps in the take file.
precision (pre) int ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Sets the number of digits to the right of the decimal place in the take file.C: The default is 6.
take (t) unicode ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Write out the take to a file with the specified name.
virtualDevice (vd) unicode ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Writes out the virtual device definition to a mel script with the specified file name.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.writeTake

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

#    Record data from the clock device and write out the virtual
#    device definition and take file.
pm.recordDevice( device='clock' )
pm.recordDevice( device='clock', stop=True )
pm.writeTake( device='clock', take='clock.mov', virtualDevice='virtualClock.mel' )

#    Read the virtualClock and virtualClock take data.
maya.mel.eval("virtualClock")
pm.readTake( device='virtualClock', take='clock.mov' )

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