pymel.core.modeling.reverseSurface

reverseSurface(*args, **kwargs)

The reverseSurface command reverses one or both directions of a surface or can be used to “swap” the U and V directions (this creates the effect of reversing the surface normal). The name of the newly reversed surface and the name of the resulting dependency node is returned. The resulting surface has the same parameter ranges as the original surface. This command also handles selected surface isoparms. For a selected isoparm, imagine that the isoparm curve is reversed after the operation. E.g. reverseSurface surface.v[0.1] will reverse in the U direction.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
caching (cch)		bool
	Modifies the node caching mode. See the node documentation for more information.Note:For advanced users only.
constructionHistory (ch)		bool
	Turn the construction history on or off
direction (d)		int
	The direction to reverse the surface in: 0 - U, 1 - V, 2 - Both U and V, 3 - SwapDefault:0Advanced flags
name (n)		unicode
	Sets the name of the newly-created node. If it contains namespace path, the new node will be created under the specified namespace; if the namespace does not exist, it will be created.
noChanges (nc)		bool
nodeState (nds)		int
	Modifies the node state. See the node documentation for more information.Note:For advanced users only.Common flags
object (o)		bool
	Create the result, or just the dependency node
replaceOriginal (rpo)		bool
	Create “in place” (i.e., replace)Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.reverseSurface

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.reverseSurface( 'surface1', ch=True, d=0 )
pm.reverseSurface( 'surface1.v[0.1]', ch=True )
# Reverses surface1 with construction history in the U direction.
# The name of the new surface and the name of the new dependency node
# are returned.

pm.reverseSurface( 'surface1', ch=False, rpo=True, d=1 )
pm.reverseSurface( 'surface1.u[0.1]', ch=True )
# Reverses surface1 without history, with replace original on,
# in the V direction.  Because the "-rpo" flag is on, the name of
# the original surface is returned as well as the new dependency node.
# The reversed surface will "em"replace"/em" the original surface.

pm.reverseSurface( 'surface1', ch=False, rpo=True, d=2 )
# Reverses surface1 without history, with replace original on,
# in both the U and V directions.

pm.reverseSurface( 'surface1', ch=False, rpo=True, d=3 )
# Swaps the U and V directions of surface1 with history, with replace
# original on.  This has the effect of reversing the surface normal.