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createAttrPatterns([patternDefinition=string],
[patternFile=string],
[patternType=string])
Note: Strings representing object names and
arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the
synopsis.
createAttrPatterns is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT
editable.
Create a new instance of an attribute pattern given a pattern type
(e.g. XML) and a string or data file containing the description of
the attribute tree in the pattern's format.
| string |
Name of created pattern |
attribute, pattern
addAttr, addExtension, applyAttrPattern, deleteAttrPattern, listAttrPatterns
patternDefinition, patternFile, patternType
| Long name (short name) |
Argument types |
Properties |
patternType(pt) |
string |
 |
|
Name of the pattern definition type to use in creating this
instance of the pattern. |
|
patternFile(pf) |
string |
|
|
File where the pattern information can be found |
|
patternDefinition(pd) |
string |
|
|
Hardcoded string containing the pattern definition, for simpler
formats that don't really need a separate file for definition. |
|
| 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.createAttrPatterns( patternType="xmlPattern", patternFile="patterns/patternFile.xml" )
// Result: [myXMLPattern] //