API Reference

Configuration

class Configuration

Bases: object

buildScriptVar = 'HIVE_BUILD_SCRIPTS_PATH'
namingVar = 'HIVE_NAMING_PATH'
exportPluginVar = 'HIVE_EXPORT_PLUGIN_PATH'
containerType()

Default container type, can be asset, set or None.

Returns:

The container Type

Return type:

str

serialize(rig)
updateConfigurationFromRig(rig)

Updates the current configuration from the given scene rig instance.

Parameters:

rig (zoo.libs.hive.base.rig.Rig) – The rig instance to pull the configuration from.

Returns:

The rig configuration dict pull from the scene rig.

Return type:

dict

applySettingsState(state, rig=None)
setNamingPresetByName(name)

Sets the current Naming convention preset.

Parameters:

name (str) – The Preset Name.

findNamingConfigForType(hiveType, presetName=None)

Finds and returns the naming convention config for the hive Type.

The Hive Type is one of three keys either “rig”, “global” or the component Type.

Parameters:
  • hiveType (str) – The Hive Type to search for, ie. componentType, “rig” or “global”

  • presetName (str or None) – The Preset to use to find the component Type

Returns:

The naming configuration Manager instance

Return type:

zoo.libs.naming.naming.NameManager

setBuildScripts(scriptIds)

Overrides the current build scripts applied to this configuration.

Parameters:

scriptIds (list[str]) – A list of build script plugin ids

addBuildScript(scriptId)

Adds/appends the build script plugin given the id.

Parameters:

scriptId (str) – The build script plugin id.

Returns:

Whether the build script was added to the configuration.

Return type:

bool

buildScriptConfig(rig)
static updateBuildScriptConfig(rig, config)
static setBuildScriptConfig(rig, config)

Sets the build script configuration on the provided rig.

Note

Must be json compatible.

The configData is in the following form.

{
    "buildScriptId": {"propertyName": "propertyValue"}
}
Parameters:
removeBuildScript(scriptId)

Removes the build script from this rig configuration.

Note

This will not remove any script specified in userPreferences which act as the default for all rigs.

Parameters:

scriptId (str) – The script Id for the buildScript instance to remove

Returns:

True if removed

Return type:

bool

exportPluginForId(pluginId)

Retrieves the exporter plugin class callable by ID.

If the plugin id has been overridden in the hive preferences then use that ID instead.

Parameters:

pluginId (str) – The hive exporter plugin id.

Returns:

The plugin id which matches the request.

Return type:

callable[zoo.libs.hive.base.exporterplugin.ExporterPlugin] or None

componentRegistryObject(componentType)
Parameters:

componentType (str) – the component type string

Returns:

Return type:

zoo.libs.hive.base.component.Component

loadComponentDefinition(componentType)
initComponentDefinition(componentType)
templatePaths()

Returns all current Registered search paths for Templates.

Return type:

list[str]

graphPaths()
componentPaths()

Returns all current Registered search paths for Components.

Return type:

list[str]

definitionPaths()

Returns all folder search paths registered for the definition files.

Return type:

list[str]

static buildScriptPaths()

Returns all current build script paths from the environment variable as a list.

Return type:

list[str]

static controlShapeNames()

Returns all the control shape names from the shape library.

Return type:

list(str)

classmethod componentRegistry()

Returns the current component registry instance.

Return type:

registry.ComponentRegistry

classmethod templateRegistry()

Returns the current template registry instance.

Return type:

registry.TemplateRegistry

classmethod graphRegistry()

Returns the current graph registry instance.

Return type:

registry.GraphRegistry

classmethod buildScriptRegistry()

Returns the current build script registry instance.

Return type:

pluginmanager.PluginManager

classmethod exporterPluginRegistry()

Returns the current build script registry instance.

Return type:

pluginmanager.PluginManager

classmethod namePresetRegistry()
Returns:

Return type:

:class:` namingpresets.PresetManager`

reload(reloadPlugins=False)
initializeComponentRegistry(reload=False)
initializeTemplateRegistry(reload=False)
initializeGraphRegistry(reload=False)
initializeBuildScriptRegistry(preferenceInterface, reload=False)
initializeExporterRegistry(preferenceInterface, reload=False)
initializeNamingPresetManager(preferencesInterface, reload=False)

Registry

class ComponentRegistry(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: object

This class manages and stores a collection of component objects from the component library, this class is a singleton and is responsible for returning the creation of component objects and definitions.

refresh()

Refreshes the library by clearing the registry then rediscovering the component plugins

initComponentDefinition(name)

Creates and returns a new ComponentDefinition instance based on the name parameter

Parameters:

name (str) – the componentType

Return type:

baseDef.ComponentDefinition or None

fromMetaNode(rig, metaNode)

Create a new component of a specified type and attach it to a rig.

Parameters:
  • rig (Rig) – The rig to which the new component will be attached.

  • metaNode (zoo.libs.hive.base.hivenodes.HiveComponent) – The metadata for the new component.

Raises:

MissingRootTransform – If the provided metaNode does not have a root transform.

Returns:

A new component of the specified type, initialized with the provided rig and metaNode.

Return type:

zoo.libs.hive.base.component.Component

findComponentByType(name)

Find and return the component class object from the registry.

Parameters:

name (str) – the component name, currently the class name

Returns:

callable[zoo.libs.hive.base.component.Component]

loadComponentDefinition(componentName)

Loads the definition file for the component in the registry using json.

Parameters:

componentName (str) – the component name currently the class name

Returns:

the definition dict

Return type:

dict

saveComponentDefinition(definition)

Saves the definition object by overwrite the existing one.

Parameters:

definition (baseDef.ComponentDefinition) – The definition object to save.

Return type:

bool

componentData(name)

returns the registry component dict

Parameters:

name (str) – the component type to get

Returns:

{“object”: object(), “path”: str, “definition”: str } # the definition name :rtype: dict

discoverComponents()

Searches the component library specfied by the environment variable “ZOO_HIVE_COMPONENT_PATH”

class TemplateRegistry(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: object

Class to handle hive templates, templates are the serialized form of a rig.

property templates

A property that returns a dictionary of templates in the form of {“templateName”: “templatePath”}.

Returns:

A dictionary where the keys are template names and the values are template file paths.

Return type:

dict

refresh()

Refreshes the library by clearing the registry then rediscovering the component plugins

saveLocation()

Returns the current save folder path from the zoo preferences.

Return type:

str

saveTemplate(name, template, templateRootPath=None, overwrite=False)

Save a template to the specified location on the file system.

Parameters:
  • name (str) – The name of the template.

  • template (dict) – The template data to be saved.

  • templateRootPath (str, optional) – The root directory where the template should be saved. If not specified, the default save location will be used.

  • overwrite (bool, optional) – Indicates whether to overwrite an existing template with the same name. If False and a template with the same name already exists, a TemplateAlreadyExistsError will be raised.

Raises:
  • TemplateAlreadyExistsError – If a template with the same name already exists and overwrite is False.

  • IOError – If there was an error writing the template to the specified file path.

Returns:

The file path where the template was saved.

Return type:

str

saveComponentsAsTemplate(rig, components, name, templateRootPath, overwrite)

Save the specified components as a template.

Parameters:
  • rig (Rig) – The rig containing the components.

  • components (list) – The components to be saved as a template.

  • name (str) – The name of the template.

  • templateRootPath (str) – The root directory where the template should be saved.

  • overwrite (bool) – Indicates whether to overwrite an existing template with the same name. If False and a template with the same name already exists, a TemplateAlreadyExistsError will be raised.

Returns:

The file path where the template was saved.

Return type:

str

renameTemplate(name, newName)

Rename a template.

Parameters:
  • name (str) – The current name of the template.

  • newName (str) – The new name for the template.

Raises:

OSError – If there was an error renaming the template file.

deleteTemplate(name)

Delete a template with the specified name.

Parameters:

name (str) – The name of the template to delete.

Raises:

OSError – If there was an error deleting the template file.

Returns:

True if the template was successfully deleted, False otherwise.

Return type:

bool

hasTemplate(name)

Checks whether the registry contains the template with the name.

Parameters:

name (str) – The template name to check.

Returns:

Returns True if the template exists in the registry.

Return type:

bool

template(name)

Returns the rig template dict from the registry

Parameters:

name (str) – the template name

Returns:

The loaded template dict

Return type:

dict

templatePath(name)

Get the file path for the template with the specified name.

Parameters:

name (str) – The name of the template.

Returns:

The file path for the template with the specified name, or an empty string if no template with the given name was found.

Return type:

str

addTemplate(path)

Add a template to the registry.

Parameters:

path (str) – The file path for the template.

discoverTemplates()

Discovers all templates in the given paths and stores them in the registry.

class GraphRegistry(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: object

Class to handle hive DependencyGraphs.

This class is a singleton, meaning that there will always be only one instance of it.

property graphs

Get the dictionary of graph names to file paths for all graphs in the registry.

Returns:

A dictionary of graph names to file paths.

Return type:

dict

refresh()

Refreshes the library by clearing the registry then rediscovering the component plugins

saveGraph(name, namedGraph)

Save a graph with the specified name.

Parameters:
Returns:

The file path where the graph was saved.

Return type:

str

renameGraph(name, newName)

Rename a graph in the registry.

Parameters:
  • name (str) – The current name of the graph.

  • newName (str) – The new name for the graph.

hasGraph(name)

Checks whether the registry contains the graph with the name.

Parameters:

name (str) – The graph name to check.

Returns:

Returns True if the template exists in the registry.

Return type:

bool

graph(name)

Returns the rig template dict from the registry

Parameters:

name (str) – the graph name

Returns:

Return type:

baseDef.NamedGraph

graphPath(name)

Returns the file path of the graph with the given name.

Parameters:

name (str) – The name of the graph to find.

Returns:

The file path of the graph.

Return type:

str

addGraph(path)

Add a graph to the registry.

Parameters:

path (str) – The file path of the graph to add.

discoverTemplates()

Find all graph files in the graph roots and add them to the registry.

Errors

exception HiveError(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: Exception

msg = ''
exception HiveRigDuplicateRigsError(dupes, *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Duplicate rigs in the scene, please use namespace filtering: {}'
exception ComponentDoesntExistError(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = "Component doesn't exist in the scene: "
exception ComponentGroupAlreadyExists(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Component group already exists for this rig instance'
exception TemplateAlreadyExistsError(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Template path: {} already exists!'
exception TemplateMissingComponents(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'No Components specified in template: {}'
exception TemplateRootPathDoesntExist(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = "Template root path doesn't exist on disk: {}"
exception InvalidInputNodeMetaData(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'InputLayer meta data is missing inputNode connection'
exception InvalidOutputNodeMetaData(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'OutputLayer meta data is missing outputNode connection'
exception InitializeComponentError(componentName, *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Failed to initialize component: {}'
exception MissingRootTransform(metaName, *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Missing Root transform on meta node: {}'
exception RootNamespaceActiveError(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Current namespace is already the root'
exception BuildComponentGuideUnknownError(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Unknown build guide error'
exception BuildComponentDeformUnknownError

Bases: Exception

msg = 'Unknown build Deform error'
exception BuildComponentRigUnknownError(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Unknown build Rig error'
exception BuildError(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

exception MissingRigForNode(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Node: {} is not attached to a rig'
exception MissingMetaNode(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Attached meta node is not a valid hive node'
exception MissingComponentType(componentName, *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Missing component of type: {}, from the hive component registry'
exception ComponentNameError(componentName, *args, **kwargs)

Bases: NameError

msg = 'Component by the name: {}, already exists!'
exception MissingJoint(jointId, *args, **kwargs)

Bases: NameError

msg = 'Missing Joint by id : {}'
exception MissingControlError(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = 'Missing Control by id : {}'
exception UnSupportedConnectableNode(msg='', *args, **kwargs)

Bases: HiveError

msg = "Attempting to connect to unsupported guide: '{}'"
exception InvalidDefinitionAttrExpression

Bases: Exception

exception InvalidDefinitionAttrForSceneNode

Bases: Exception