Name | Type | Description |
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Unit Types | ||
kInvalid | Int | |
kInches | Int | |
kFeet | Int | |
kYards | Int | |
kMiles | Int | |
kMillimeters | Int | |
kCentimeters | Int | |
kKilometers | Int | |
kMeters | Int | |
kLast | Int |
Name | Parameters | Returns | Description |
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uiUnit() | Unit type constant. | Returns the type of units currently being used to enter and display distances in Maya's UI. | |
setUIUnit(newUnit) | newUnit - unit type constant | None | Sets the type of units to be used to enter and display distances in Maya's UI |
internalUnit() | Unit type constant. | Returns the type of units in which Maya stores distance values internally (e.g. in plugs and binary file formats). | |
internalToUI(internalValue) | internalValue - Float | Float | Interprets internalValue as a distance in Maya's internal units and returns it converted to UI units. |
uiToInternal(uiValue) | uiValue - Float | Float | Interprets uiValue as a distance in Maya's UI units and returns it converted to internal units. |
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Signature | Parameters | Description |
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MDistance() | Default constructor. Returns a new MDistance with a value of 0.0 centimeters. | |
MDistance(src) | src - MDistance | Copy constructor. Returns a new MDistance with the same value and unit type as src. |
MDistance(value, unit=kCentimeters) | value - Float
unit - Unit type constant |
Returns a new MDistance using the given value and unit. |
Signature | Parameters | Returns | Description |
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asInches() | Float | Returns the distance value, converted to inches. | |
asFeet() | Float | Returns the distance value, converted to feet. | |
asYards() | Float | Returns the distance value, converted to yards. | |
asMiles() | Float | Returns the distance value, converted to miles. | |
asMillimeters() | Float | Returns the distance value, converted to millimeters. | |
asCentimeters() | Float | Returns the distance value, converted to centimeters. | |
asKilometers() | Float | Returns the distance value, converted to kilometers. | |
asMeters() | Float | Returns the distance value, converted to meters. | |
asUnits(unit) | unit - Unit type constant | Float | Returns the distance value, converted to the specified unit. |
Name | Type | Access | Description |
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value | Float | RW | Raw distance value. |
unit | Unit type constant | RW | Units in which to interpret value. |
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