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mtoa.mll - aiUtility (0x115d03)
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:classification:
    
    
    drawdb/shader/surface/arnold/genericShader
    
    rendernode/arnold/shader/surface
    
    shader/surface
    
    swatch/ArnoldRenderSwatch
    
    

:plugin:
    C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Arnold/Maya2027/plug-ins/mtoa.mll

:id:
    0x115d03




Attributes (36)
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    <table class="attribute">
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <th class="attr_name">Long name (short name)</th>
                <th class="attr_type">Type</th>
                <th class="attr_default">Value</th>
                <th class="attr_minmax">Min/Max</th>
                <th class="attr_flags">Flags</th>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">channel box</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="hardwareColor">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">hardwareColor (hwc)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="hardwareColorB">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">hardwareColorB (hwcb)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="hardwareColorG">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">hardwareColorG (hwcg)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="hardwareColorR">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">hardwareColorR (hwcr)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    

            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="normalCamera">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalCamera (n)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="normalCameraX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalCameraX (nx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="normalCameraY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalCameraY (ny)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="normalCameraZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalCameraZ (nz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    

            
            
            
            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">external visible attributes</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="aoDistance">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">aoDistance (ao_distance)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">doubleLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">100</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="color">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">color (color)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="colorB">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">colorB (colorb)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="colorG">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">colorG (colorg)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="colorR">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">colorR (colorr)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    

            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="colorMode">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">colorMode (color_mode)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            color (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            ng (1)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            ns (2)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            n (3)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            bary (4)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            uv (5)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            u (6)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            v (7)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            dpdu (8)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            dpdv (9)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            p (10)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            prims (11)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            uniformid (12)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            wire (13)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            polywire (14)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            obj (15)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            edgelength (16)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            floatgrid (17)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            reflectline (18)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            bad_uvs (19)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            nlights (20)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            id (21)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            bumpdiff (22)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            pixelerror (23)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/23</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="frozen">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">frozen (fzn)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="frozenAffected">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">frozenAffected (fza)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, extension, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="normal">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">normal (normal)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="normalX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalX (normalx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="normalY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalY (normaly)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="normalZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalZ (normalz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    

            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="outColor">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">outColor (out)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="outColorB">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">outColorB (outb)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="outColorG">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">outColorG (outg)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="outColorR">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">outColorR (outr)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    

            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="outTransparency">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">outTransparency (ot)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="outTransparencyB">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">outTransparencyB (otb)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="outTransparencyG">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">outTransparencyG (otg)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="outTransparencyR">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">outTransparencyR (otr)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    

            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="overlayMode">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">overlayMode (overlay_mode)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            none (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            wire (1)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            polywire (2)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/2</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="roughness">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">roughness (roughness)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.20000000298023224</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="shadeMode">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">shadeMode (shade_mode)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            ndoteye (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            lambert (1)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            flat (2)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            ambocc (3)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            plastic (4)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            metal (5)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/5</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
            
            
            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">external hidden attributes</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="isHistoricallyInteresting">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">isHistoricallyInteresting (ihi)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">byte</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">2</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/255</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, hidden, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="message">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">message (msg)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">message</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, hidden, out</td>
            </tr>


            
            
            
            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">internal attributes</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="binMembership">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">binMembership (bnm)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">-</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="caching">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">caching (cch)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="nodeState">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">nodeState (nds)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Normal (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            HasNoEffect (1)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Blocking (2)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-Normal (8)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-HasNoEffect (9)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-Blocking (10)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/10</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
            
        </tbody>
    </table>