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allNodeTypes([includeAbstract=boolean])
Note: Strings representing object names and
arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the
synopsis.
allNodeTypes is NOT undoable, NOT queryable, and
NOT editable.
This command returns a list containing the type names of every kind
of creatable node registered with the system. Note that some node
types are abstract and cannot be created. These will not show up on
this list. (e.g. transform and polyShape both inherit from
dagObject, but dagObject cannot be created directly so it will not
appear on this list.)
| string[] |
List of node types |
debug, node, type, graph
findType
includeAbstract
| Long name (short name) |
Argument types |
Properties |
includeAbstract(ia) |
boolean |
 |
|
Show every node type, even the abstract ones which cannot be
created via the 'createNode' command. These will have the suffix
"(abstract)" appended to them in the list. |
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| Flag can appear in Create mode of
command |
 Flag can appear in Edit mode of command |
 Flag can appear in Query mode of command |
 Flag can have multiple arguments, passed
either as a tuple or a list. |
import maya.cmds as cmds
cmds.allNodeTypes()
# Result: [u'list', u'of', u'node', u'types'] #
cmds.allNodeTypes(includeAbstract=True)
# Result: [u'very (abstract)', u'long (abstract)', u'list', u'of', u'all (abstract)', u'node', u'types'] #
# Trickier example using Python capabilities to get node types starting with 'l'
[item for item in cmds.allNodeTypes(includeAbstract=True) if item[0].lower() == 'l']
# Result: [u'long (abstract)', u'list'] #