vray getGUIHint

The getGUIHint function doesn't provide any useful functionality to us as scripters. It's mainly used by Chaosgroup's mel scripts that help build the Attribute Editor templates for specific nodes, in particular the RenderElements.

Because the RenderElements are all of the same nodeType but do require specific behaviour (in the Attribute Editor) for their custom attributes each VRayRenderElement uses this function while looping over it's attributes and building the AE interface.

Internal use.

mc.vray("getGUIHint", node, attr, func)

Flags

node

The node to get the attribute from.

attr

The attribute to get the gui function/naming from.

func

The attribute GUI function you're looking to get information for.

Some values for func include:

• state
• group
• changeCommand
• subtype

Example

import maya.cmds as mc

# Create some renderElements in your scene and run the following:
    
renderElementsInScene = mc.ls(type="VRayRenderElement")

for node in renderElementsInScene:
    print "=============="
    print 'node:', node
    attrs = mc.listAttr(node)
    vrayAttrs = [attr for attr in attrs if attr.startswith("vray")]
    for attr in vrayAttrs:
        print "   \___"
        print "   |    attribute:", attr
        print "   |    state:", mc.vray("getGUIHint", node, attr, "state")
        print "   |    group:", mc.vray("getGUIHint", node, attr, "group")
        print "   |    changeCommand:", mc.vray("getGUIHint", node, attr, "changeCommand")

And here's a test run:

==============
node: vrayRE_Custom_Color
   \___
   |    attribute: vrayClassType
   |    state: None
   |    group: None
   |    changeCommand: None
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_alias_customcolor
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayCustomColorChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_name_customcolor
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayCustomColorChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_colorMapping_customcolor
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayCustomColorChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_filtering_customcolor
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayCustomColorChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
==============
node: vrayRE_Lighting
   \___
   |    attribute: vrayClassType
   |    state: None
   |    group: None
   |    changeCommand: None
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_alias_lighting
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayLightingChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_name_lighting
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayLightingChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_colorMapping_lighting
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayLightingChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
==============
node: vrayRE_Shadow
   \___
   |    attribute: vrayClassType
   |    state: None
   |    group: None
   |    changeCommand: None
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_alias_shadow
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayShadowChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_name_shadow
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayShadowChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_colorMapping_shadow
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayShadowChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
==============
node: vrayRE_Total_Light
   \___
   |    attribute: vrayClassType
   |    state: None
   |    group: None
   |    changeCommand: None
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_alias_totallight
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayTotalLightChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_name_totallight
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayTotalLightChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']
   \___
   |    attribute: vray_colorMapping_totallight
   |    state: [u're']
   |    group: [u'vrayTotalLightChannel']
   |    changeCommand: [u'']