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Open UV editor via Python

introbuck — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:45:09 GMT

Is there any way to open UV editor via Python??

Re: Open UV editor via Python

fowlert — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:22:45 GMT

The runtime command to open it is TextureViewWindow, so I guess you could do something like...

import maya.cmds as cmds cmds.TextureViewWindow()

Re: Open UV editor via Python

introbuck — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:03:59 GMT

Thank you! As i noticed the mel command of UV is:

TextureViewWindow

and Python just added those lines:

import maya.cmds as cmds

cmds.

So to "convert" any of standart editors (no only) to Python i have to add those lines?

Re: Open UV editor via Python

fowlert — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:07:09 GMT

Yes, if you want to call a Maya Command then you can import maya.cmds and call one of the commands like we have there. The other common thing you'll probably end up doing at some point is wanting to call a MEL procedure, and for that you would do something like...

import maya.mel as mel mel.eval('someMelProcedure()')

If you're trying to put together a script by looking at what you see in the Script Editor then might see a mix of commands and mel procedures. To know what everything is you can use "whatIs". e.g. in the script editor you can run...

mel.eval('whatIs "TextureViewWindow"') # Result: Run Time Command # mel.eval('whatIs "toggleUIComponentVisibility"') # Result: Mel procedure found in: D:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2020/scripts/startup/UIComponents.mel #

So to call TextureViewWindow from Python you know you'll need to use maya.cmds, but if you wanted to call toggleUIComponentVisibility then you'd have to execute mel by using mel.eval.

Hope that helps