list objects in viewport

[Robert Bateman]

Whilst not an answer to your actual question, you can do this trivially in the API via these two lines:


M3dView view = M3dView::active3dView();
MGlobal::selectFromScreen( 0, 0, view.portWidth(), view.portHeight(), MGlobal::kReplaceList );

Not much help to you though (unless some kind forum user re-writes it in python for you....)

[NaughtyNathan]

which would look something like this (Rob's C++ code converted into python):

import maya.OpenMaya as om
import maya.OpenMayaUI as omUI
view = omUI.M3dView.active3dView()
om.MGlobal.selectFromScreen( 0, 0, view.portWidth(), view.portHeight(), om.MGlobal.kReplaceList)
actually very similar for something this simple. you could call this from MEL using the python command if necessary.
:nathaN

[FraserRobertson]

Thanks guys! just what i needed, I am a python man anyway.

Where is the best place to get info on the API moduls for python? like the one's you listed?

Would be a great help for future reference.

Thanks Guys!

[NaughtyNathan]

well all the API documentation is in Maya's help:

Maya > Help (F1) > Developer Resources > API Guide

and:

Maya > Help (F1) > Technical Documentation > API Reference

for the classes. Maya also ships with a load of python scripted plugins for working example code which you can find here:

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya20XX\devkit\plug-ins\scripted\

(or wherever equivalent path you installed Maya to on your OS)
:nathaN

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