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:
  • angle : a (unicode) [create]

    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) [create]

    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) [create]

    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 have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

  • noTime : nt (bool) [create]

    The take (.mov) file will not contain time stamps. C: The default is to put time stamps in the take file.

  • precision : pre (int) [create]

    Sets the number of digits to the right of the decimal place in the take file.C: The default is 6.

  • take : t (unicode) [create]

    Write out the take to a file with the specified name.

  • virtualDevice : vd (unicode) [create]

    Writes out the virtual device definition to a mel script with the specified file name.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.writeTake

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