pymel.core.rendering.textureWindow

textureWindow(*args, **kwargs)

This command is used to create a UV Texture Editor and to query or edit the texture editor settings. The UV Texture Editor displays texture mapped polygon objects in 2D texture space. Only active objects are visible in this window. The UV Texture Editor has the ability to display two types of images. The Texture Image is a visualisation of the current texture and associated placement parameters. The Editor Image is a user specified image loaded from disk. A UV Texture Editor can be invoked by selecting the “Window -UV Texture Editor...” menu item from the main maya menu listing that appears at the top of the maya window. It can also be invoked by selecting the “Panel -UV Texture Editor” item under the “Panels” menu item that appears at the top right hand corner of the view. As a UV Texture Editor typically exists at start-up time, and as only one of these can exist at any given time, this command is normally used to query and edit the editor settings.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
backFacingColor (bfc)		float, float, float, float
changeCommand (cc)		unicode, unicode, unicode, unicode
	Parameters: First string: commandSecond string: editorNameThird string: editorCmdFourth string: updateFuncCall the command when something changes in the editor The command should have this prototype :command(string $editor, string $editorCmd, string $updateFunc, int $reason)The possible reasons could be : 0: no particular reason1: scale color2: buffer (single/double)3: axis4: image displayed5: image saved in memory
clearImage (ci)		bool
	Clears the current Editor Image
control (ctl)		bool
	Query only. Returns the top level control for this editor. Usually used for getting a parent to attach popup menus. Caution: It is possible, at times, for an editor to exist without a control. This flag returns “NONE” if no control is present.
defineTemplate (dt)		unicode
	Puts a command in a mode where any other flags and args are parsed and added to the command template specified in the argument. They will be used as default arguments in any subsequent invocations of the command when templateName is set as the current template.
displayAxes (dax)		bool
	Specify true to display the grid axes.
displayDivisionLines (ddl)		bool
	Specify true to display the subdivision lines between grid lines.
displayGridLines (dgl)		bool
	Specify true to display the grid lines.
displayImage (di)		int
	Set a particular image in the Editor Image Stack as the current Editor Image. Images are added to the Editor Image Stack using the “si/saveImage” flag.
displayLabels (dl)		bool
	Specify true to display the grid line numeric labels.
displaySolidMap (dsm)		bool
	Display an solid over lay for the active texture map.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
displayStyle (dst)		unicode
	Set the mode to display the image. Valid values are: “color” to display the basic RGB image”mask” to display the mask channel”lum” to display the luminance of the image
divisions (d)		int
	Sets the number of subdivisions between main grid lines
docTag (dtg)		unicode
	Attaches a tag to the Maya editor.
doubleBuffer (dbf)		bool
	Set the display in double buffer mode
drawAxis (da)		bool
drawSubregions (dsr)		bool
exists (ex)		bool
	Returns true|false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored.
filter (f)		unicode
	Specifies the name of an itemFilter object to be placed on this editor. This filters the information coming onto the main list of the editor.
forceMainConnection (fmc)		unicode
	Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will use as its source of content. The editor will only display items contained in the selectionConnection object. This is a variant of the -mainListConnection flag in that it will force a change even when the connection is locked. This flag is used to reduce the overhead when using the -unlockMainConnection , -mainListConnection, -lockMainConnection flags in immediate succession.
forceRebake (frb)		bool
	Forces the current cache texture to refresh.
frameAll (fa)		bool
	This will zoom on the whole scene.
frameSelected (fs)		bool
	This will zoom on the currently selected objects.
frontFacingColor (ffc)		float, float, float, float
highlightConnection (hlc)		unicode
	Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will synchronize with its highlight list. Not all editors have a highlight list. For those that do, it is a secondary selection list.
imageBaseColor (ibc)		float, float, float
	The base color of the image, default is white 1.0 1.0 1.0
imageDisplay (id)		bool
	Turns on or off Texture Image display
imageNames (imn)		bool
	The image names for all Texture Images available for display, if any.
imageNumber (imageNumber)		int
	Sets the number of the Texture Image to display This depends on the number of textures corresponding to the current selection. If there are N textures, then the possible Texture Image numbers are 0 to N-1.
imagePixelSnap (ip)		bool
	Sets a mode so that uv transformations in the UV Texture Editor will cause uv values to snap to image pixel corners. Which pixels are used depends on whether a Texture Image or an Editor Image is being displayed, if both are displayed the Texture Image pixels will be used.
imageRatio (imr)		bool
	Sets the window to draw using the Texture Image’s height versus width ratio. If the width is greater than the height than than the width is set to be 1 “unit” in the window and the height is adjusted by width divided by height. This only affects the display of a Texture Image, not an Editor Image.
imageSize (imageSize)		bool
	Returns the size of the Texture Image currently being display. The values returned are width followed by height. Image size can only be queried.
imageTileRange (itr)		float, float, float, float
	Sets the UV range of the display. The 4 values specify the minimum U, V and maximum U, V in that order. When viewing a Texture Image, these values affect how many times the image is tiled based on appropriate parameters (e.g. Repeat UV, Mirror, Wrap, etc...) When viewing an Editor Image these values determine the visible size of the image. For example, setting the range to ( 0, 0, 2, 1 ) will cause the Editor Image to be loaded into a 2x1 rectangle, distorting it as necessary to fill the available space.
imageUnfiltered (iuf)		bool
	Sets the Texture Image to draw unfiltered. The image will appear “pixelated” when the display resolution is higher than the resolution of the image.
internalFaces (internalFaces)		bool
	Display contained faces by the selected components.
labelPosition (lp)		unicode
	The position of the grid’s numeric labels. Valid values are “axis” and “edge”.
loadImage (li)		unicode
	load an image from disk and set it as the current Editor Image
lockMainConnection (lck)		bool
	Locks the current list of objects within the mainConnection, so that only those objects are displayed within the editor. Further changes to the original mainConnection are ignored.
mainListConnection (mlc)		unicode
	Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will use as its source of content. The editor will only display items contained in the selectionConnection object.
maxResolution (mrs)		int
	This flag will set the current cached texture’s maximum resolution.
nbImages (nim)		bool
	returns the number of images
numUvSets (nuv)		bool
	This flag will return the number of uv sets for selected objects in the texture window.
numberOfImages (ni)		int
	The number of Texture Images currently available for display.
panel (pnl)		unicode
	Specifies the panel that the editor belongs to. By default if an editor is created in the create callback of a scripted panel it will belong to that panel. If an editor doesn’t belong to a panel it will be deleted when the window that it is in is deleted.
parent (p)		unicode
	Specifies the parent layout for this editor. This flag will only have an effect if the editor is currently un-parented.
realSize (rs)		bool
	This will display the image with the size of the internal buffer. Note: This argument no long has any affect on image display.
relatedFaces (rf)		bool
	Display connected faces by the selected components.
removeAllImages (ra)		bool
	remove all the Editor Images from the Editor Image Stack
removeImage (ri)		bool
	remove the current Editor Image from the Editor Image Stack
reset (r)		bool
	Resets the ground plane to its default values.
saveImage (si)		bool
	save the current Editor Image to memory. Saved Editor Images are stored in an Editor Image Stack. The most recently saved image is stored in position 0, the second most recently saved image in position 1, and so on... To set the current Editor Image to a previously saved image use the “di/displayImage” flag.
scaleBlue (sb)		float
	Define the scaling factor for the blue component in the View. The default value is 1 and can be between -1000 to +1000
scaleGreen (sg)		float
	Define the scaling factor for the green component in the View. The default value is 1 and can be between -1000 to +1000
scaleRed (sr)		float
	Define the scaling factor for the red component in the View. The default value is 1 and can be between -1000 to +1000
selectInternalFaces (sif)		bool
	Add to selectionList the faces which are contained by (internal to) selected components.
selectRelatedFaces (srf)		bool
	Add to selectionList the faces which are connected to (non-internally related to) selected components.
selectionConnection (slc)		unicode
	Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will synchronize with its own selection list. As the user selects things in this editor, they will be selected in the selectionConnection object. If the object undergoes changes, the editor updates to show the change.
setUvSet (suv)		int
	This flag will set the current uv set on one given selected object within the texture window.
singleBuffer (sbf)		bool
	Set the display in single buffer mode
size (s)		float
	Sets the size of the grid.
spacing (sp)		float
	Sets the spacing between main grid lines.
stateString (sts)		bool
	Query only flag. Returns the MEL command that will edit an editor to match the current editor state. The returned command string uses the string variable $editorName in place of a specific name.
style (st)		int
	This flag is obsolete and should not be used.
toggle (tgl)		bool
	Turns the ground plane display on/off.
unParent (up)		bool
	Specifies that the editor should be removed from its layout. This cannot be used with query.
unlockMainConnection (ulk)		bool
	Unlocks the mainConnection, effectively restoring the original mainConnection (if it is still available), and dynamic updates.
updateMainConnection (upd)		bool
	Causes a locked mainConnection to be updated from the orginal mainConnection, but preserves the lock state.
useFaceGroup (uf)		bool
	Display faces that are associated with the groupId that is set on the mesh node that is drawn. (The attribute “displayFacesWithGroupId”)
useTemplate (ut)		unicode
	Force the command to use a command template other than the current one.
uvSets (uvs)		bool
	This flag will return strings containing uv set and object name pairs for selected objects in the texture window. The syntax of each pair is “objectName | uvSetName”, where | is a literal character.
viewPortImage (vpi)		bool
	Toggles the view port/ caching texture images.
writeImage (wi)		unicode
	write the current Editor Image to disk

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.textureWindow

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# As a UV Texture Editor typically exists on start-up, you normally
# will not need to create one.. Hence all the examples that follow
# explain how to query and edit the editor settings.

# Get the panel that the editor belongs to.
texWinName = pm.getPanel(sty='polyTexturePlacementPanel')

# Get the space between main grid lines
pm.textureWindow(texWinName[0], q=True, sp=True)
# Result: 3.0 #

# Change the space between main grid lines
pm.textureWindow( texWinName[0], e=True, sp=0.1 )
# Result: u'polyTexturePlacementPanel1' #

# Get the size of the grid
pm.textureWindow( texWinName[0], q=True, s=True )
# Result: 12.0 #

# Change the size of the grid
pm.textureWindow( texWinName[0], e=True, s=0.8 )
# Result: u'polyTexturePlacementPanel1' #

# Zoom on the whole scene
pm.textureWindow( texWinName[0], e=True, fa=True )
# Result: u'polyTexturePlacementPanel1' #

# Set display mode to related (connected) faces
pm.textureWindow(texWinName[0], e=True, rf=True )
# Result: u'polyTexturePlacementPanel1' #