pymel.core.general.distanceDimension

distanceDimension(*args, **kwargs)

This command is used to create a distance dimension to display the distance between two specified points.

Modifications:

• returns a PyNode object

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
endPoint (ep)		float, float, float
	Specifies the point to measure distance to, from the startPoint.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
startPoint (sp)		float, float, float
	Specifies the point to start measuring distance from.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.distanceDimension

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# To measure ths distance between [0,2,2] and [1,5,6]:
pm.distanceDimension( sp=(0, 2, 2), ep=(1, 5, 6) )
#  Result: distanceDimensionShape1  #