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objectType [-isAType string] [-isType string] [-tagFromType string] [-typeFromTag int] [-typeTag] object
objectType is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT
editable.
This command returns the type of elements. Warning: This command is
incomplete and may not be supported by all object types.
| string |
The type of the specified object |
| boolean |
For "isType": was the object of the specified type? |
addAttr, aliasAttr, attributeInfo, deleteAttr, getClassification, nodeType, objExists, renameAttr
isAType, isType, tagFromType, typeFromTag, typeTag
| Long name (short name) |
Argument types |
Properties |
-isType(-i) |
string |
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Returns true if the object is exactly of the specified type.
False otherwise. |
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-isAType(-isa) |
string |
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Returns true if the object is the specified type or derives
from an object that is of the specified type. This flag will only
work with dependency nodes. |
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-typeTag(-tt) |
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Returns an integer tag that is unique for that object type. Not
all object types will have tags. This is the unique 4-byte value
that is used to identify nodes of a given type in the binary file
format. |
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-typeFromTag(-tpt) |
int |
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Returns the type name given an integer type tag. |
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-tagFromType(-tgt) |
string |
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Returns the type tag given a type name. |
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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 be used more than once in a
command. |
// create an object to query type of
sphere -n sphere1;
// To query the type of an object:
objectType sphere1Shape;
// Result: nurbsSurface //
// To confirm that sphere1Shape really is a nurbs surface:
objectType -isType "nurbsSurface" sphere1Shape;
// Result: 1 //