pymel.core.system.translator

translator(*args, **kwargs)

Set or query parameters associated with the file translators specified in as the argument.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
defaultFileRule (dfr)		unicode
	Returns the default file rule value, can return “” as wellFlag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
defaultOptions (do)		unicode
	Return/set a string of default options used by this translator.
extension (ext)		unicode
	Returns the default file extension for this translator.
fileCompression (cmp)		unicode
	Specifies the compression action to take when a file is saved. Possible values are “compressed”, “uncompressed” “asCompressed”.
filter (f)		unicode
	Returns the filter string used for this translator.
list (l)		bool
	Return a string array of all the translators that are loaded.
loaded (ld)		bool
	Returns true if the given translator is currently loaded.
objectType (ot)		bool
	This flag is obsolete. This will now return the same results as defaultFileRule going forward.
optionsScript (os)		bool
	Query the name of the options script to use to post the user options UI. When this script is invoked it will expect the name of the parent layout in which the options will be displayed as well as the name of the callback to be invoked once the apply button has been depressed in the options area.
readSupport (rs)		bool
	Returns true if this translator supports read operations.
writeSupport (ws)		bool
	Returns true if this translator supports write operations.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.translator

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# Returns true if dxf files can be read.
pm.translator( 'dxf', q=True, rs=True )