bgdev.utils.name¶

Utility methods that parses names.

find_conflicts(query=False)[source]¶

Create two selection sets to store name conflicts.

Parameters: query (bool) – Only query the nodes without creating sets.
Returns: Two separate lists for conflicting transforms and shapes.
Return type: tuple

generate_unique_name(name)[source]¶: Generate a unique name based on the given one.

remove_end_digits(node, rename=True)[source]¶

Remove digits at the end of a name.

Parameters

node (str) – Name of the node to “cleanup”
rename (bool) – If True, rename the node, else just return the cleaned up name

Returns

Name of the node stripped ouf ot end digits.

Return type

str

rename_deformers(node=None)[source]¶

Rename all the deformers in the history of the given node.

The name string will be build according to the deformerType and the node name

Parameters: node (str) – The node you want to rename deformers attached to it

Example

>>> node = "L_arm_geo"
>>> deformerType = "skinCluster"
>>> name = L_arm_geo_skinCluster"