pymel.core.rendering.binMembership

static rendering.binMembership(*args, **kwargs)

Command to assign nodes to bins.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
addToBin (add)		unicode
	Add the nodes in a node list to a bin.
exists (ex)		unicode
	Query if a node exists in a bin. The exists flag can take only one node.
inheritBinsFromNodes (ibn)		PyNode
	Let the node in the flag’s argument inherit bins from nodes in the specified node list. The node list is specified as the object of the command.
isValidBinName (ivn)		unicode
	Query if the specified bin name is valid. If so, return true. Otherwise, return false. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
listBins (lb)		bool
	Query and return a list of bins a list of nodes belong to. If a bin contains any of the nodes in the selection list, then it should be included in the returned bin list.
makeExclusive (mke)		unicode
	Make the specified nodes belong exclusively in the specified bin.
notifyChanged (nfc)		bool
	This flag is used to notify that binMembership has been changed.
removeFromBin (rm)		unicode
	Remove the nodes in a node list from a bin.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.binMembership

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Add a given node to a bin.
#
pm.binMembership( 'lambert1', addToBin='wood' )
# Add a selection of nodes to a given bin.
#
newLambertNode = pm.createNode('lambert')
list = ("lambert1", newLambertNode)
pm.binMembership( list, addToBin='grass' )
# Check if a node exists in a bin.
#
pm.binMembership( 'lambert1', exists='wood' )
# Result: True #
# Query and return all the nodes which belong to the bin.
#
newLambertNode = pm.createNode('lambert')
nodeList = ("lambert1", newLambertNode)
pm.binMembership( nodeList, query=True, listBins=True )
# Result: [u'wood', u'grass'] #
# Make the nodes belong exclusively in bin "wood".
#
newLambertNode = pm.createNode('lambert')
nodeList = ("lambert1", newLambertNode)
pm.binMembership( nodeList, makeExclusive='wood' )
# Let the dest node inherit bins from nodes in the src node list.
# The dest node is specified by the "inheritBinsFromNodes" flag's
# argument.
#
pm.binMembership( 'lambert1', addToBin='wood' )
node = pm.createNode('lambert')
pm.binMembership( node, addToBin='grass' )
srcNodeList = ("lambert1", node)
destNode = pm.createNode('blinn')
pm.binMembership( srcNodeList, inheritBinsFromNodes=destNode )
# Notify that binMembership has been changed.
#
pm.binMembership( notifyChanged=True )
# Check if a bin name is valid or not.  If valid, return true.
# Otherwise, return false.
#
pm.binMembership( isValidBinName='wood' )
# Result: True #