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
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 Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
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
	This node is shared across multiple files, so only create it if it does not already exist.
skipSelect (ss)		bool

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.shadingNode

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

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