pymel.core.general.editDisplayLayerGlobals

editDisplayLayerGlobals(*args, **kwargs)

Edit the parameter values common to all display layers. Some of these paremeters, eg. baseId and mergeType, are stored as preferences and some, eg. currentDisplayLayer, are stored in the file.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
baseId (bi)		int
	Set base layer ID. This is the number at which new layers start searching for a unique ID.
currentDisplayLayer (cdl)		PyNode
	Set current display layer; ie. the one that all new objects are added to.
mergeType (mt)		int
	Set file import merge type. Valid values are 0, none, 1, by number, and 2, by name.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
useCurrent (uc)		bool
	Set whether or not to enable usage of the current display layer as the destination for all new nodes.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.editDisplayLayerGlobals

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.editDisplayLayerGlobals( cdl='displayLayer1' )
pm.editDisplayLayerGlobals( query=True, cdl=True )
# Result: displayLayer1
pm.editDisplayLayerGlobals( 'bi', query=True )
# Result: 10
pm.editDisplayLayerGlobals( useCurrent='on' )