What's New in MEL and Python

Building PyQt for Autodesk Maya 2013

When building PyQt for Autodesk Maya 2013, you must use the Microsoft 2010 Visual Studio compiler. This is different from the behavior in Maya 2012.

For instructions on how to build a copy of the PyQt modules, see the PyQt section under autodesk.com/maya-docs.

New commands

The following commands have been added:

• addMetadata
• applyMetadata
• assembly
• dataStructure
• dbpeek
• editMetadata
• filePathEditor
• geomToBBox
• getMetadata

Changed commands

The following commands have been changed:

New command flags:

• file

  -rns/relativeNamespace

• imagePlane

  -c/camera

  -d/detach

  -e/edit

  -h/height

  -iz/imageSize

  -n/name

  -w/width

• joint & jointCtx

  -sa/symmetryAxis

  -sym/symmetry

• lockNode

  -ln/lockName

• modelEditor & stereoCameraView

  -rol/rendererOverrideList

  -rom/rendererOverrideName

  -rou/rendererOverrideListUI

• referenceQuery

  -onc/onContainerNode

• scriptNode

  -ire/ignoreReferenceEdits

• scriptTable

  -upc/underPointerColumn

• selectPriority & selectType

  -qbn/queryByName

• snapMode

  -mc/meshCenter

• textField, textFieldButtonGrp & textFieldGrp

  -pht/placeholderText

• textScrollList

  -lf/lineFont

• timeControl

  -tsp/tickSpan

• treeView

  -ams/allowMultiSelection

  -it/item

Other command differences:

• selectPriority & selectType

  -bn/byName now takes two args (a String & a boolean) and is multi-use