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Node Types
The minq.nodes module provides a collection of classes that correspond to common maya node types.
These classes can be used for two different roles: to initiate a stream, or to filter one. For example:
Meshes()
creates a Stream of maya mesh nodes. If you print out Meshes() you'll get a list of all the meshes in the scene -- the same list you'd get back from typing `cmds.ls(type='mesh').
If you pass a list of objects to one of the node classes, you will get a stream limited to of objects _only of that type`. So, for exmaple:
Meshes(['pCube1', 'perspShape'])
will produce a stream but the stream will be empty: pCube1 is a transform, not a mesh, and perspShape is a camera and not a mesh. This is similar to the behavior of `cmds.ls(*objects, type='mesh').
This table lists the pre-defined node types
| Class Name | Maya type string | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Existing | 'entity' | Use this to filter for actual scene objects in an arbitrary stream |
| Transforms | 'transform' | |
| Constraints | 'constraint' | |
| ControlPoints | 'controlPoint' | |
| CurveShapes | 'curveShape' | |
| DagNodes | 'dagNode' | |
| DeformableShapes | 'deformableShape' | |
| Fields | 'field' | |
| GeometryShapes | 'geometryShape' | |
| IkSolvers | 'ikSolver' | |
| Lights | 'light' | |
| Planes | 'plane' | |
| PolyBases | 'polyBase' | |
| PolyCreators | 'polyCreator' | |
| PolyModifiers | 'polyModifier' | |
| PolyPrimitives | 'polyPrimitive' | |
| Primitives | 'primitive' | |
| ShadingDependNodes | 'shadingDependNode' | |
| Shapes | 'shape' | |
| SubdBases | 'subdBase' | |
| SubdModifiers | 'subdModifier' | |
| SurfaceShapes | 'surfaceShape' | |
| Texture2ds | 'texture2d' | |
| Texture3ds | 'texture3d' | |
| TextureEnvs | 'textureEnv' | |
| ShaderfxShaders | 'ShaderfxShader' | |
| StingrayPBSs | 'StingrayPBS' | |
| AnimCurves | 'animCurve' | |
| BlendShapes | 'blendShape' | |
| Brushes | 'brush' | |
| Cameras | 'camera' | |
| Characters | 'character' | |
| Cloths | 'cloth' | |
| Clusters | 'cluster' | |
| Containers | 'container' | |
| DagContainers | 'dagContainer' | |
| DagPoses | 'dagPose' | |
| DisplayLayers | 'displayLayer' | |
| Expressions | 'expression' | |
| GeoConnectors | 'geoConnector' | |
| GeomBinds | 'geomBind' | |
| GeometryFilters | 'geometryFilter' | |
| HikSolvers | 'hikSolver' | |
| IkEffectors | 'ikEffector' | |
| IkHandles | 'ikHandle' | |
| ImagePlanes | 'imagePlane' | |
| Joints | 'joint' | |
| JointClusters | 'jointCluster' | |
| Lamberts | 'lambert' | As usual with Maya, 'lambert' returns all shader types except ShaderFX |
| Locators | 'locator' | |
| LodGroups | 'lodGroup' | |
| Meshes | 'mesh' | |
| Mutes | 'mute' | |
| NCloths | 'nCloth' | |
| NComponents | 'nComponent' | |
| NParticles | 'nParticle' | |
| NRigids | 'nRigid' | |
| Networks | 'network' | |
| NonLinears | 'nonLinear' | |
| NurbsCurves | 'nurbsCurve' | |
| NurbsSurfaces | 'nurbsSurface' | |
| ObjectSets | 'objectSet' | |
| ObjectTypeFilters | 'objectTypeFilter' | |
| Particles | 'particle' | |
| Partitions | 'partition' | |
| Phongs | 'phong' | |
| PolyProjs | 'polyProj' | |
| Projections | 'projection' | |
| References | 'reference' | |
| Scripts | 'script' | |
| Sculpts | 'sculpt' | |
| ShadingEngines | 'shadingEngine' | |
| SkinClusters | 'skinCluster' | |
| Transforms | 'transform' | |
| Trims | 'trim' | |
| Unknowns | 'unknown' | |
| UnknownDags | 'unknownDag' | |
| UnknownTransforms | 'unknownTransform' |