pymel.core.windows.modelPanel

modelPanel(*args, **kwargs)

This command creates a panel consisting of a model editor. See the modelEditorcommand documentation for more information.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
barLayout (bl)		bool
	This flag returns the name of the layout which is the parent of the panels icon bar.
camera (cam)		unicode
	Query or edit the camera in a modelPanel. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
control (ctl)		bool
	Returns the top level control for this panel. Usually used for getting a parent to attach popup menus. CAUTION: panels may not have controls at times. This flag can return if no control is present.
copy (cp)		unicode
	Makes this panel a copy of the specified panel. Both panels must be of the same type.
createString (cs)		bool
defineTemplate (dt)		unicode
	Puts a command in a mode where any other flags and args are parsed and added to the command template specified in the argument. They will be used as default arguments in any subsequent invocations of the command when templateName is set as the current template.
docTag (dtg)		unicode
	Attaches a tag to the maya panel.
editString (es)		bool
exists (ex)		bool
	Returns true|false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored.
init (init)		bool
	Initializes the panel’s default state. This is usually done automatically on file -new and file -open.
isUnique (iu)		bool
	Returns true if only one instance of this panel type is allowed.
label (l)		unicode
	Specifies the user readable label for the panel.
menuBarVisible (mbv)		bool
	Controls whether the menu bar for the panel is displayed.
modelEditor (me)		bool
	This flag returns the name of the model editor contained by the panel.
needsInit (ni)		bool
	(Internal) On Edit will mark the panel as requiring initialization. Query will return whether the panel is marked for initialization. Used during file -new and file -open.
parent (p)		unicode
	Specifies the parent layout for this panel.
popupMenuProcedure (pmp)		callable
	Specifies the procedure called for building the panel’s popup menu(s). The default value is buildPanelPopupMenu. The procedure should take one string argument which is the panel’s name.
replacePanel (rp)		unicode
	Will replace the specifed panel with this panel. If the target panel is within the same layout it will perform a swap.
tearOff (to)		bool
	Will tear off this panel into a separate window with a paneLayout as the parent of the panel. When queried this flag will return if the panel has been torn off into its own window.
tearOffCopy (toc)		unicode
	Will create this panel as a torn of copy of the specified source panel.
unParent (up)		bool
	Specifies that the panel should be removed from its layout. This (obviously) cannot be used with query.
useTemplate (ut)		unicode
	Force the command to use a command template other than the current one.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.modelPanel

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

#    Example 1.
#
#    Create a model panel in a separate window.
#
window = pm.window()
pm.paneLayout()
# Result: ui.PaneLayout('window1|paneLayout8') #
pm.modelPanel()
# Result: ui.ModelPanel('paneLayout8|modelPanel5') #
pm.showWindow( window )

#    Example 2.
#
#    Set the panel configuration to show all 4 model views.
#    Then swap the Perspective View and Front View panels.
#

# Since setNamePanelLayout is a MEL procedures, we need to call through MEL
import maya.mel
maya.mel.eval('setNamedPanelLayout("Four View")')
perspPanel = pm.getPanel( withLabel='Persp View')
frontPanel = pm.getPanel( withLabel='Front View')
pm.modelPanel( perspPanel, edit=True, replacePanel=frontPanel )