runtime commands

[David Mwangi]

I am looking to incorporate a runtime command in a small custom script I made and I cant find any information on how to query one. At least one I can understand that is.

Basically I want to use 'AttachBrushToCurves' to the script below or if need be depending on what the runtime command is really made up of: 

import pymel.core as pm

shapes = [s.getShape() for s in pm.ls(sl=1)]

for curves in :

    setAttr(curves + 'AttachBrushToCurves', 1)

I'm also just getting into this but Im sure the runtime command needs some work before just being incorporated into the script. 

[Tim Fowler]

The MEL I'd use to kind of figure out what is what...

Confirm it's a runTimeCommand...

whatIs AttachBrushToCurves

// Result: Run Time Command //

Query what command it calls when you call it...

runTimeCommand -q -command AttachBrushToCurves

// Result: convertCurvesToStrokes // 

Figure out what that is...

whatIs convertCurvesToStrokes

// Result: Script found in: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2018/scripts/paintEffects/convertCurvesToStrokes.mel // 

Then you can go open that .mel file to see what it does exactly.  It does quite a bit, and I'm not sure what you want to do with it, so you might have to poke around there and see if you can pull out whatever it is you're looking for.

-Tim

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[David Mwangi]

Thanks Tim,

I will. I found a "brute force" workaround but I need to know what it does. 

Thanks again.

[Andres Weber]

Whoa I didn't know about the runTimeCommand -q -command flags.  Learn something new every day!