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Sep 15, 2025
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mdldictionaries
Module mdldictionaries provides the dictionaries that give the mapping between the enumerations in mdlenum and the corresponding string identifier used by Substance Designer.
mdl.mdldictionaries.getAnnotationEnum(aAnnotationPath)
Get the enum value of the given annotation
| Parameters: | aAnnotationPath (str) – mdl path of the annotation to get |
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| Returns: | the annotation as a MDLAnnotationEnum |
mdl.mdldictionaries.getAnnotationPath(aAnnotation)
Get the given annotation path
| Parameters: | aAnnotation (MDLAnnotationEnum) – attribute identifier |
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| Returns: | the annotation path as a string |
mdl.mdldictionaries.getMDLGraphTemplatePath(aTemplateEnum)
Get the path of the given MDL Graph template
| Parameters: | aTemplateEnum (MDLGraphTemplateEnum) – MDL template |
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| Returns: | the path to the template as a string |
mdl.mdldictionaries.getMDLPredefTypePath(aType)
Get the mdl path of the given predefined mdl type
| Parameters: | aType (MDLPredefTypes) – type identifier |
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| Returns: | the kind of type as a string |
mdl.mdldictionaries.getMDLTypeDefKind(aType)
Get the name of the given mdl type kind
| Parameters: | aType (MDLTypeDefKindEnum) – type identifier |
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| Returns: | the kind of type as a string |
mdl.mdldictionaries.getMDLTypeDefKindEnum(aTypeName)
Get the enum value of the given mdl type kind name
| Parameters: | aTypeName (str) – kind of type name |
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| Returns: | the curve type as a ResourceTypeEnum |
