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objectType [-isAType string] [-isType string] [-tagFromType string] [-typeFromTag int] [-typeTag]
[objName]
objectType is undoable, queryable, and editable.
This command returns the type of elements. Warning: This command is
incomplete and may not be supported by all object types.
string
(The type of the specified object)
boolean (For "isType" ; was the object of the specified type?)
In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.
addAttr, aliasAttr, attributeInfo, deleteAttr, getClassification, nodeType, objExists, renameAttr
isAType, isType, tagFromType, typeFromTag, typeTag
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-isType(-i)
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string
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Returns true if the object is exactly of the specified type.
False otherwise.
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-isAType(-isa)
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string
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Returns true if the object is the specified type or derives
from an object that is of the specified type. This flag will
only work with dependency nodes.
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-typeTag(-tt)
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Returns an integer tag that is unique for that object type. Not all
object types will have tags. This is the unique 4-byte value that is
used to identify nodes of a given type in the binary file format.
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-typeFromTag(-tpt)
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int
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Returns the type name given an integer type tag.
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-tagFromType(-tgt)
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string
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Returns the type tag given a type name.
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Flag can appear in Create mode of command
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Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
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Flag can appear in Query mode of command
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Flag can be used more than once in a command
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// create an object to query type of
sphere -n sphere1;
// To query the type of an object:
objectType sphere1Shape;
// Result: nurbsSurface //
// To confirm that sphere1Shape really is a nurbs surface:
objectType -isType "nurbsSurface" sphere1Shape;
// Result: 1 //