How to Query Mel Command

[sergio83]

Hi,

I know how to change the flag value of a MEL command throught Python
e.g.
cmds.displaySmoothness(po=1) 

But how can I read what value the same flag already has?
I told something like the following would have worked.. but it does not:
[b]Var = cmds.displaySmoothness(po)

[/b]I also tried this : cmds.displaySmoothness(po, query=true) 

any help?

I want to create an hotkey that toggles the displaySmoothness between 1 and 4 for the -polygonObject value

thanks for any help! 

[peter-hunt--2]

You just need to make something True to query it

cmds.displaySmoothness(po=True, query=True)

[sergio83]

Thanks, that works. do not understand the logic but works

unfortunately then something weird happens with the hotkey script:

import maya.cmds as mc
x = mc.displaySmoothness(po=True,query=True)
print x
if x < 2:
    mc.displaySmoothness(po=3)
    print ('inside if')
else:
    mc.displaySmoothness(po=1)
    print ('inside else')
print (mc.displaySmoothness(po=True,query=True))

and this returned the followin:

[1]
inside else
[b][1] 

[/b]is not this absolute nonsense? why does not procede with the IF when x is 1?

[peter-hunt--2]

Cause x is [1], not 1 (a list containing a number, not a number)

Just use the following line for x and it'll work haha, you need to get the number out of the list

x = mc.displaySmoothness(po=True,query=True)[0]

[sergio83]

lol, ok thanks a lot!

where could I have found those information you provided me? any manual online?

For instance now when I run teh above script the wireframe becomes smooth(antialias). i would like to disable this option, but I do not know from where to start from reasearch for that attribute.

cheers