pymel.core.rendering.glRender

glRender(*args, **kwargs)

This command provides access to the Hardware Render Manager (HRM). There is one-and-only-one HRM in maya. The HRM controls the rendering performed in the hardware render buffer window. This command allows shell scripts, to modify the render state, and to initiate a render request. In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
accumBufferPasses (abp)		int
	Set the number of accum buffer render passes.
alphaSource (alphaSource)		unicode
	Control the alpha source when writing image files. Valid values include: off, alpha, red, green, blue, luminance, clamp, invClamp.
antiAliasMethod (aam)		unicode
	Set the method used for anti-aliasing polygons: off, uniform, gaussian.
cameraIcons (ci)		bool
	Set display status of camera icons.
clearClr (cc)		float, float, float
	Set the viewport clear color (0 - 1).
collisionIcons (coi)		bool
	Set display status of collison model icons.
crossingEffect (ce)		bool
	Enable/disable image filtering with a convolution filter.
currentFrame (cf)		bool
	Returns the current frame being rendered.
drawStyle (ds)		unicode
	Set the object drawing style: boundingBox, points, wireframe, flatShaded, smoothShaded.
edgeSmoothness (es)		float
	Controls the amount of edge smoothing. A value of 0.0 gives no smoothing, 1.0 gives default smoothing, and any other value scales the amount of default smoothing. Must enable the accumulation buffer.
emitterIcons (ei)		bool
	Set display status of emitter icons.
fieldIcons (fii)		bool
	Set display status of field icons.
flipbookCallback (fc)		unicode
	Register a procedure to be called after the render sequence has completed. Used to build the flipbook pulldown menu. See the example section for more details about how to build this procedure.
frameEnd (fe)		int
	Set the last frame to be rendered.
frameIncrement (fi)		int
	Set the frame increment during rendering.
frameStart (fs)		int
	Set the first frame to be rendered.
fullResolution (fr)		bool
	Enable/disable rendering to full image output resolution. Must set a valid image output resolution (-is).
grid (gr)		bool
	Set display status of the grid.
imageDirectory (id)		unicode
	Set the directory for the image files.
imageName (imageName)		unicode
	Set the base name of the image files.
imageSize (imageSize)		int, int, float
	Set the image output size. Takes width, height and aspect ratio. Pass 0,0,0 to use current port size. The image size must be equal to or greater then the viewport size. Large images will be tiled if full resolution rendering has been enabled (-fr/fullResolution).
lightIcons (li)		bool
	Set display status of light icons.
lightingMode (lm)		unicode
	Set the lighting mode used for rendering: all, selected, default.
lineSmoothing (ls)		bool
	Enable/disable anti-aliased lines.
offScreen (os)		bool
	When set, this toggle allow HRM to use an offscreen buffer to render the view. This allows HRM to work when the application is iconified, or obscured
renderFrame (rf)		unicode
	Render the current frame. Requires the name of the view in which to render.
renderSequence (rs)		unicode
	Render the current frame sequence. Requires the name of the view in which to render.
sharpness (sh)		float
	Control the sharpness level of the convolution filter.
shutterAngle (sa)		float
	Set the shutter angle used for motion blur (0 - 1). A value of 0.0 gives no blurring, 0.5 gives correct blurring, and 1.0 gives continuous blurring. Must enable the accumulation buffer.
textureDisplay (txd)		bool
	Enable/disable texture map display.
transformIcons (ti)		bool
	Set display status of transform icons.
useAccumBuffer (uab)		bool
	Enable/disable the accumulation buffer.
viewport (vp)		int, int, float
	Set the viewport size. Pass in the width, height and aspect ratio. This size will be used for all test rendering and image output size unless full resolution (-fr) has been set and a valid image output size (-is) has been set.
writeDepthMap (wdm)		bool
	Enable/disable writing of zdepth to image files.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.glRender

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# Do a hardware render
pm.glRender(e=1)