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applyAttrPattern([nodeType=string], [patternName=string])
Note: Strings representing object names and
arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the
synopsis.
applyAttrPattern is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT
editable.
Take the attribute structure described by a pre-defined pattern and
apply it either to a node (as dynamic attributes) or a node type
(as extension attributes). The same pattern can be applied more
than once to different nodes or node types as the operation
duplicates the attribute structure described by the pattern. See
the 'createAttrPatterns' command for a description of how to create
a pattern.
| int |
Number of nodes or node types to which the attribute were
added |
attribute, pattern
addAttr, addExtension, createAttrPatterns, deleteAttrPattern, listAttrPatterns
nodeType, patternName
| Long name (short name) |
Argument types |
Properties |
patternName(pn) |
string |
 |
|
The name of the pattern to apply. The pattern with this name
must have been previously created using the createAttrPatterns
command. |
|
nodeType(nt) |
string |
|
|
Name of the node type to which the attribute pattern is to be
applied. This flag will cause a new extension attribute tree to be
created, making the new attributes available on all nodes of the
given type. If it is not specified then either a node name must be
specified or a node must be selected for application of dynamic
attributes. |
|
| 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 have multiple arguments, passed
either as a tuple or a list. |
import maya.cmds as cmds
import maya.cmds as cmds
cmds.polySphere( name="sphere1" )
cmds.applyAttrPattern( patternName="myXMLPattern" )
// Result: 1 //
name2 = cmds.polySphere( name="sphere2" )
name3 = cmds.polySphere( name="sphere3" )
cmds.select( [name2, name3] )
cmds.applyAttrPattern( patternName="myXMLPattern" )
// Result: 2 //
cmds.applyAttrPattern( patternName="myXMLPattern", nodeType="transform" )
// Result: 1 //