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findType([deep=boolean], [exact=boolean], [type=string])
Note: Strings representing object names and
arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the
synopsis.
findType is NOT undoable, NOT queryable, and
NOT editable.
The findType command is used to search upstream through a
dependency subgraph on a certain node to find all nodes of the
given type. These will be nodes that affect the given one.
| string[] |
The list of node(s) affecting the given node(s) |
debug, node, type, search
affectedNet, affects, allNodeTypes, listConnections
deep, exact,
type
| Long name (short name) |
Argument types |
Properties |
deep(d) |
boolean |
 |
|
Find all nodes of the given type instead of just the
first. |
|
exact(e) |
boolean |
|
|
Match node types exactly instead of any in a node
hierarchy. |
|
type(t) |
string |
|
|
Type of node to look for (e.g. "transform"). This flag is
mandatory. |
|
| Flag can appear in Create mode of
command |
 Flag can appear in Edit mode of command |
 Flag can appear in Query mode of command |
 Flag can have multiple arguments, passed
either as a tuple or a list. |
import maya.cmds as cmds
cmds.createNode( 'transform', name='silly' )
cmds.createNode( 'transform', name='putty' )
cmds.connectAttr( 'silly.tx', 'putty.tx' )
# Find transform nodes connected to node "silly"
#
cmds.findType( type='transform', 'silly' )
# Result: silly #
cmds.select( 'silly' )
#
# Same again from selection list
#
cmds.findType( type='transform' )
# Result: silly #
cmds.setKeyframe( t=10 )
#
# Find all time nodes
#
cmds.findType( type='time', deep=True, e=True )
# Result: u'time1' #
#
# Find all anim curve nodes
#
cmds.findType( type="animCurve", deep=True )
# Result: u'silly_visibility', u'silly_translateX', u'silly_translateY', u'silly_translateZ', u'silly_rotateX', u'silly_rotateY', u'silly_rotateZ', u'silly_scaleX', u'silly_scaleY', u'silly_scaleZ' #