I found it frequently time intensive to figure out how to do things with RV… And what I wish I had was a cookbook that I could just look up snippets in… So let’s start one together as a community. Add snippets that work and are helpful. Please If there is a post already use Copy Quote to link to…

Accessing Shotgun from RV (works in 2024.1.0 [image] Proper way to access SGTK in a RV package user = sgtk.get_authenticated_user(): if user is None: return sg = user.create_sg_connection() # Then use sg find_one() and do the rest of your logic.

Adding a source to a sequence (and creating seq if its not already there) [image] Best event for auto stacking new sources def add_to_custom_sequence(self, stack_node: str): sequence_node = "MySequenceNode" if not commands.nodeExists(sequence_node): commands.newNo…

Moving nodes to a Folder (works in RV 2024.10) import rv def move_to_folder(source_group: str, folder_node="AutoStackFolder", folder_name="AutoStack Temp Folder"): if not rv.commands.nodeExists(folder_node): rv.commands.newNode("RVFolderGroup", fol…

Influencing the ordering that events are processed between custom modules [image] Manage order of custom menu items You probably want package ordering in your init calls. Note that this also affects the order that overlapping events are handled, so if you don’t reject() an event the lower modes …

Ever wondered how to create a custom property? The docs don’t go into detail on it so here an example. Works in RV 2024.1.0 [image] Storing custom values on RVSourceGroup Here quick example of creating and setting a custom property import rv source = rv.commands.addSourceVerbose(["abc.jpg"]) s…

Very useful snippets [image] What are some useful python snippets for working in RV? Most of the Python commands are actually bindings on top of Mu commands. Mu is a native RV scripting language. You can find most of the API documentation by launching RV then going Help → Mu Command API Browser…

Setting up an Example Look Pipeline [image] What are some useful python snippets for working in RV? Initial Import from rv import commands, extra_commands Get the last source at current frame source = commands.sourcesAtFrame(commands.frame()[0]) Find the source group sourceGroup = commands.nod…

More tips for using Mu via Python [image] What are some useful python snippets for working in RV? Sometimes some Mu commands aren’t bound in Python. In this case you have 2 ways of calling Mu from Python: If symbol exists in Mu but isn’t bound to python: from pymu import MuSymbol mute = MuS…

Changing the Composite Type on all Stacks (types other then replace can be found here ) [image] Change Stack Mode with Python [rv.commands.setStringProperty(‘{stack}.composite.type’.format(stack=stack), [‘replace’], True) for stack in rv.commands.nodesOfType(‘RVStack’)]

Accessing SG Tracking Info for a given source [image] RV Screening Room read version data def _get_source_shotgun_data(source): """ Get the shotgun data from a source. Args: source (str): rv source name. Returns: dict: shotgun data as a dictionary. """ …

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Changing the Composite Type on all Stacks (types other then replace can be found here)

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