MASH distribute: link to Selection Set via python?

[Anonymous]

I can link the MASH distribute node to a selection set in the UI.  But I am not able to properly do it in code.  Is there a python call to create the link?  I tried simply connecting the attributes like this:
    cmds.connectAttr(vertSet+".message", mashNetwork.distribute+".selectionSetMessage")

Which appears to work (the UI thinks it's connected), but the network doesn't function properly.  Is there a special call to do this, or just some maya connections I can set up so scripting it works identically to doing it manually in the UI?

[cheng_xi_li · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It should be connectNode function of MASH_QLineEditExtend in Maya\plug-ins\MASH\scripts\MASHsingleInputQtWidget.py.

You could write own script base on it.

BTW: For selectionSetMessage, post command should be 'SwitchToVtxSetMode'

Yours,

Li

[Mike_Isaakidis]

Im not a python expert can someone share the code for it to work?
as above I get the same issue where its connected but doesn't work. 

Looked in the MAsh api

meshDistribute(mesh, mode=1)

tried:

mashNetwork.meshDistribute("sel_set", 7)

but that doesnt work either

[Mike_Isaakidis]

Ah managed to solve it, went exactly where you mentioned and was an easy fix after that.
Thanks Cheng