pymel.core.rendering.shadingNode

shadingNode(*args, **kwargs)

The shadingNode command classifies any DG node as a shader, texture light, post process, or utility so that it can be properly organized in the multi-lister. Recall that any DG node can be used a part of a a shader, texture or light - regardless of how it is classified by this. command. These classifications are provided for convenience in the UI.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
asLight (al)		bool
	classify the current DG node as a light
asPostProcess (app)		bool
	classify the current DG node as a post process
asRendering (ar)		bool
	classify the current DG node as a rendering nodeFlag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
asShader (asShader)		bool
	classify the current DG node as a shader
asTexture (at)		bool
	classify the current DG node as a texture
asUtility (au)		bool
	classify the current DG node as a utility
name (n)		unicode
	Sets the name of the newly-created node.
parent (p)		unicode
	Specifies the parent in the DAG under which the new node belongs.
shared (s)		bool
skipSelect (ss)		bool

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.shadingNode

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

myShader = pm.shadingNode('anisotropic', asShader=True)