Initializing MItMeshPolygon iterator with component (edge / vertex) in Python

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#1

Hi,

I would like to iterate over the vertices of a mesh and test some conditions on the faces that are connected to it.

import maya.cmds as cmds
import maya.OpenMaya as om

cmds.polyPlane( w=1.0, h=1.0, sx=3, sy=3 )
selection_list = om.MSelectionList()
dag_path = om.MDagPath()
om.MGlobal.getActiveSelectionList(selection_list)
selection_list.getDagPath(0, dag_path)
mItVtx = om.MItMeshVertex( dag_path )
while not mItVtx.isDone():
	vtxId = mItVtx.index()
	point = mItVtx.position(om.MSpace.kWorld)
	mItPoly = om.MItMeshPolygon( dag_path, mItVtx.currentItem() ) # (kInvalidParameter): Object is incompatible with this method
	#
	# do stuff with mItPoly
	#
	mItVtx.next()

The MItMeshPolygon iterator can be restricted to the faces adjacent to a given component (for example, edge or vertex) by initializing the class to both a DAG path referring to the mesh and an MObject reference to certain components.

OpenMaya.MItMeshVertex.currentItem( ) -> MObject
Get the current vertex in the iteration as a component.

Can someone please show me how to set up MItMeshPolygon the correct way with components?
Thank you!

#2

This workaround made the trick - although I’m still interested in the original method!

while not mItVtx.isDone():
    	vtxId = mItVtx.index()
    	point = mItVtx.position(om.MSpace.kWorld)
    	faceList = om.MIntArray()
    	mItVtx.getConnectedFaces(faceList)
    	mFnComp = om.MFnSingleIndexedComponent()
    	comp = mFnComp.create(om.MFn.kMeshPolygonComponent)
    	map(mFnComp.addElement, faceList)
    	mItPoly = om.MItMeshPolygon( dag_path, comp )
    	while not mItPoly.isDone():
    		# do stuff
    		mItPoly.next()
    	mItVtx.next()
#3

If the Maya version is lower than 2020.3, then .next() without the required None argument will throw an error !

New in the Maya 2020.3 devkit :

"The call to face_it.next(0) has been changed to face_it.next()".

Notably, prior to this, Maya Python API documentation never indicated that face_it.next () needed the required None argument.
So if you need to support Maya versions before and after 2020.3 in your code, be aware of these differences in syntax.