getDagPath in Maya API 2.0?

[j.victor.ferreira]

Hi guys!
Could somebody help me?
I am trying to get the MDagPath in the API 2.0. My code in the old api is working fine:

def getMDagPath_old(name):
dag = om.MDagPath()
sel = om.MSelectionList()
sel.add(name)
sel.getDagPath(0, dag)
return dag

But in the 2.0 is not working… its returning the name instead of the MDagPath Object:

def getMDagPath_new(name):
    sel = new_om.MSelectionList()
    sel.add(name)
    dag = sel.getDagPath(0)
    return dag

For sure its a very very beginner doubt, but I can´t solve, Im sorry and thanks for attention!

[e_honda · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I tested your Python API 2.0 code and, indeed, it returns a MDagPath object.

If you print() the function result, it shows the name of the object (because of its __str__ implementation).

But if you check the result's type, you can see that it is an instance of MDagObject.

from maya.api import OpenMaya as new_om

def getMDagPath_new(name):
    sel = new_om.MSelectionList()
    sel.add(name)
    dag = sel.getDagPath(0)
    return dag

name = 'pCubeShape1'
dag = getMDagPath_new(name)

# shows the shape name
print(dag)
# <class 'OpenMaya.MDagPath'>
print(type(dag))
# True
print(isinstance(dag, new_om.MDagPath))

Hope it helps.

[j.victor.ferreira]

thank you very much!!!