pymel.core.windows.viewManip

viewManip(*args, **kwargs)

Mel access to the view cube manipulator. In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
bottomLeft (bl)		bool
	Positions the cube in the bottom left of the screen.
bottomRight (br)		bool
	Positions the cube in the bottom right of the screen.
compassAngle (ca)		float
	Angle (in degrees) to rotate the compass.
dragSnap (ds)		bool
	Enable snapping of orbit direction to view cube part directions during drag operation.
drawCompass (dc)		bool
	Show compass below the view cube.
fitToView (ftv)		bool
	Fits the scene bounding box to the active view. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
levelCamera (lc)		bool
	Flattens the camera view rotation relative to the ground plane.
minOpacity (mo)		float
	Opacity level (in range [0,1]) on view cube when the cursor is away from it (it is fully opaque when the cursor is in the view cube area).
restoreCenter (rc)		bool
	Repositions the pivot point for orbiting/tumbling the scene to the center of the scene’s bounding box.
size (s)		unicode
	Set or query the size of the View Cube, which can be one of tiny, small, normal, largeor auto. When set to autothe View Cube will be automatically set to the size most appropriate for the view.
topLeft (tl)		bool
	Positions the cube in the top left of the screen.
topRight (tr)		bool
	Positions the cube in the top right of the screen.
visible (v)		bool
	Shows/hides the view manip.
zoomToFitScene (zf)		bool
	Zoom the camera during animated transitions to fit the scene object in the viewport.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.viewManip

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

#Position the view cube in the top left of the screen and set it to fully opaque
pm.viewManip(topLeft=True, minOpacity=1)