Display Commands

Display commands control mmSolver’s custom Viewport 2.0 renderers. Two renderers are provided — MM Standard Renderer and MM Silhouette Renderer — each registered as a Viewport 2.0 override and documented in detail in Viewport Renderers.

Each renderer exposes a thin Maya command that forces a refresh of the active 3D view. Settings for the Silhouette Renderer are stored on the mmRenderGlobalsSilhouette node and adjusted via setAttr.

mmRendererStandard Command

mmRendererStandard triggers a forced refresh of the active Viewport 2.0 panel when the MM Standard Renderer is active. It supports -query mode (no flags beyond enabling query are defined). The command is not undoable.

See Viewport Renderers for how to activate and use the MM Standard Renderer.

Flags

The command accepts -query mode only. No additional flags are defined; calling the command refreshes the active view.

Return

Returns nothing.

Example

Python Example:

import maya.cmds

# Force a refresh of the active view.
maya.cmds.mmRendererStandard()

MEL Example:

mmRendererStandard;

mmRendererSilhouette Command

mmRendererSilhouette triggers a forced refresh of the active Viewport 2.0 panel when the MM Silhouette Renderer is active. It supports -query mode (no flags beyond enabling query are defined). The command is not undoable.

The silhouette effect is configured through the mmRenderGlobalsSilhouette node, which is created automatically when the renderer is first activated. Use setAttr to change the settings described below.

See MM Silhouette Renderer for full usage instructions and a description of each setting.

Flags

The command accepts -query mode only. No additional flags are defined; calling the command refreshes the active view.

mmRenderGlobalsSilhouette Node Attributes

The silhouette settings live on the mmRenderGlobalsSilhouette node.

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
enable	bool	true	Toggle the silhouette effect on or off.
overrideColor	bool	true	Use the color attribute for all objects.
depthOffset	float	-1.0	Depth separation between solid and wireframe geometry.
width	float	2.0	Width of silhouette lines.
color	float3	0, 1, 0	Silhouette line colour (green by default).
alpha	float	1.0	Opacity of silhouette lines.
cullFace	enum	Back	Back-face culling; Back, Front, FrontAndBack.
operationNum	uint8	255 (all)	Limit rendering to the first N operations (debug).

Return

Returns nothing.

Example

Python Example:

import maya.cmds

# Force a refresh of the active view.
maya.cmds.mmRendererSilhouette()

# Change the silhouette colour to red.
maya.cmds.setAttr('mmRenderGlobalsSilhouette.color', 1, 0, 0, type='double3')

# Increase line width.
maya.cmds.setAttr('mmRenderGlobalsSilhouette.width', 3.0)

# Disable the effect temporarily.
maya.cmds.setAttr('mmRenderGlobalsSilhouette.enable', False)

MEL Example:

mmRendererSilhouette;

// Change silhouette colour to red.
setAttr mmRenderGlobalsSilhouette.color -type double3 1 0 0;

// Increase line width.
setAttr mmRenderGlobalsSilhouette.width 3.0;

// Disable the effect temporarily.
setAttr mmRenderGlobalsSilhouette.enable false;