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attrCompatibility [-addAttr] [-clear]
[-dumpTable] [-enable boolean] [-nodeRename string] [-pluginNode string] [-removeAttr] [-renameAttr string] [-type string] [-version string] [string
[string]]
attrCompatibility is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT
editable.
This command is used by Maya to handle compatibility issues between
file format versions by providing a mechanism to describe
differences between two versions. Plug-in writers can make use of
this command to handle attribute compatibility changes to files.The
first optional command argument argument is a node name and the
second optional command argument is an attribute
name.Warning: Only use this command to describe changes in
names or attributes of nodes that you have written as
plugins. Do not use this command to change information about
builtin dependency graph nodes. Removing attributes on a plug-in
node is a special case. Use a separate attrCompatibility call with
pluginNode flag and name so that these attributes can be tracked
even though the plug-in may not be loaded.
None
addAttr, clear,
dumpTable, enable, nodeRename,
pluginNode, removeAttr, renameAttr, type,
version
| Long name (short name) |
Argument types |
Properties |
-addAttr(-a) |
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Add the given attribute to the named node. |
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-clear(-clr) |
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Clear out the compatibility table. This is only used internally
for debugging purposes. |
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-dumpTable(-dmp) |
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Dump the current contents of the compatibility table. This is
only used internally for debugging purposes. |
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-enable(-e) |
boolean |
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Enable or disable the compatibility table. This is only used
internally for debugging purposes. |
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-nodeRename(-nr) |
string |
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Replace all uses of the node type 'nodeName' with given
string. |
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-renameAttr(-r) |
string |
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Rename the given attribute name of the given node with the
given string. |
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-removeAttr(-rm) |
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Remove the given attribute from the named node. |
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-type(-typ) |
string |
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Change the type of the given attribute to the given type. |
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-version(-v) |
string |
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Set the version target for subsequent commands to the given
string. |
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-pluginNode(-pn) |
string |
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Registers the string argument as a plug-in node type. This is
necessary for subsequent attrCompatibility calls that reference
node attributes of unloaded plug-ins. Specifically, this works in
the case when attributes are being removed. |
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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. |
// Rename '.x' attributes in old files to '.tx' for all nodes
// of type 'transform'
//
attrCompatibility -r tx transform x;
// Rename the old 'group' node to the new 'transform' node
//
attrCompatibility -nr transform group;
// This will cause all subsequent attrCompatibility calls to translate
// files from older versions to version 1.0.
//
attrCompatibility -v "1.0";