.. index:: single: nurbsSurface single: 0x4e535246 single: category; drawdb; geometry; nurbsSurface _default - nurbsSurface (0x4e535246) ======================================================================================================================================= :classification: drawdb/geometry/nurbsSurface :plugin: (built-in) :id: 0x4e535246 :link: visit Autodesk Maya 2026 official reference `a link`_. .. _a link: https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/Nodes/nurbsSurface.html Attributes (279) -------------------------------------- .. raw:: html

Long name (short name)	Type	Value	Min/Max	Flags
channel box
colorSet (clst)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
clamped (clam)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
colorName (clsn)	-	-	-	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
colorSetPoints (clsp)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
colorSetPointsA (clpa)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
colorSetPointsB (clpb)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
colorSetPointsG (clpg)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
colorSetPointsR (clpr)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
representation (rprt)	enum	4 A (1) LA (2) RGB (3) RGBA (4) (default)	1/4	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
controlPoints (cp)	double3	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
xValue (xv)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
yValue (yv)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
zValue (zv)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
uvSet (uvst)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
uvSetName (uvsn)	-	-	-	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
uvSetPoints (uvsp)	float2	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
uvSetPointsU (uvpu)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
uvSetPointsV (uvpv)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
uvSetTweakLocation (uvtw)	typed	-	-	connectable, in
visibility (v)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
external visible attributes
antialiasingLevel (gal)	long	1	1/5	connectable, in, out, storable
blindDataNodes (bn)	message	-	-	array, connectable, in
borderConnections (boc)	message	-	-	array, connectable, in, out
boundingBoxScale (bbs)	float3	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
boundingBoxScaleX (bscx)	float	1.5	1/-	connectable, in, out, storable
boundingBoxScaleY (bscy)	float	1.5	1/-	connectable, in, out, storable
boundingBoxScaleZ (bscz)	float	1.5	1/-	connectable, in, out, storable
cached (cc)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
chordHeight (ch)	double	0.1	0.001/-	connectable, in, out, storable
chordHeightRatio (chr)	double	0.983	0.1/0.999	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionDepthVelocityIncrement (cdvi)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
collisionDepthVelocityIncrement_FloatValue (cdvifv)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionDepthVelocityIncrement_Interp (cdvii)	enum	- None (0) Linear (1) Smooth (2) Spline (3)	0/3	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionDepthVelocityIncrement_Position (cdvip)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionDepthVelocityMultiplier (cdvm)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
collisionDepthVelocityMultiplier_FloatValue (cdvmfv)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionDepthVelocityMultiplier_Interp (cdvmi)	enum	- None (0) Linear (1) Smooth (2) Spline (3)	0/3	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionDepthVelocityMultiplier_Position (cdvmp)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionOffsetVelocityIncrement (covi)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
collisionOffsetVelocityIncrement_FloatValue (covifv)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionOffsetVelocityIncrement_Interp (covii)	enum	- None (0) Linear (1) Smooth (2) Spline (3)	0/3	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionOffsetVelocityIncrement_Position (covip)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionOffsetVelocityMultiplier (covm)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
collisionOffsetVelocityMultiplier_FloatValue (covmfv)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionOffsetVelocityMultiplier_Interp (covmi)	enum	- None (0) Linear (1) Smooth (2) Spline (3)	0/3	connectable, in, out, storable
collisionOffsetVelocityMultiplier_Position (covmp)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
compInstObjGroups (ciog)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
compObjectGroups (cog)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
compObjectGroupId (cgid)	long	-	-	connectable, in, out
compObjectGrpCompList (cgcl)	-	-	-	storable
componentTags (gtag)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
componentTagContents (gtagcmp)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
componentTagName (gtagnm)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
create (cr)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out
creationDate (cdat)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
creator (ctor)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
currentColorSet (ccls)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
currentUVSet (cuvs)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
curvatureTolerance (cvto)	enum	2 Highest Quality (0) High Quality (1) Medium Quality (2) (default) Low Quality (3) No Curvature Check (4)	0/4	connectable, in, out, storable
customTreatment (ctrt)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
degreeUV (d)	short2	-	-	connectable, out
degreeU (du)	short	-	-	connectable, out
degreeV (dv)	short	-	-	connectable, out
depthJitter (dej)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
displayRenderTessellation (drt)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
edgeSwap (es)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
explicitTessellationAttributes (eta)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
extraSampleRate (xsr)	long	5	0/-	connectable, in, out, storable
featureDisplacement (fbda)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
fixTextureWarp (ftwp)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
formU (fu)	enum	- Open (0) Closed (1) Periodic (2)	0/2	connectable, out
formV (fv)	enum	- Open (0) Closed (1) Periodic (2)	0/2	connectable, out
frozen (fzn)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
frozenAffected (fza)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, extension, out, storable
geometryAntialiasingOverride (gao)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
gridDivisionPerSpanU (gdsu)	short	4	1/15	connectable, in, out, storable
gridDivisionPerSpanV (gdsv)	short	4	1/15	connectable, in, out, storable
hardwareFogMultiplier (hfm)	float	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
hiddenInOutliner (hio)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, extension, in, out, storable
renderInfo (ri)	compound	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
identification (rlid)	short	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
layerOverrideColor (lovc)	byte	-	0/31	connectable, in, out, storable
layerRenderable (rndr)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ignoreSelfShadowing (iss)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
initialSampleRate (dsr)	long	6	0/-	connectable, in, out, storable
instMaterialAssign (imtla)	message	-	-	array, connectable, in, out
instObjGroups (iog)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
objectGroups (og)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
objectGroupId (gid)	long	-	-	connectable, in, out
objectGrpColor (gco)	short	true	-	connectable, in, out
objectGrpCompList (gcl)	-	-	-	storable
inverseMatrix (im)	-	-	-	connectable, out
local (l)	-	-	-	connectable, out
matrix (m)	-	-	-	connectable, out
maxShadingSamples (msa)	long	1	1/32	connectable, in, out, storable
minMaxRangeU (mmu)	double2	-	-	connectable, out
maxValueU (mxu)	double	-	-	connectable, out
minValueU (mnu)	double	-	-	connectable, out
minMaxRangeV (mmv)	double2	-	-	connectable, out
maxValueV (mxv)	double	-	-	connectable, out
minValueV (mnv)	double	-	-	connectable, out
maxVisibilitySamples (mvs)	long	1	1/32	connectable, in, out, storable
maxVisibilitySamplesOverride (vbo)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
minScreen (mns)	double	14	-	connectable, in, out, storable
modeU (mu)	enum	3 Per Surf # of Isoparms in 3D (1) Per Surf # of Isoparms (2) Per Span # of Isoparms (3) (default) Best Guess Based on Screen Size (4)	1/4	connectable, in, out, storable
modeV (mv)	enum	3 Per Surf # of Isoparms in 3D (1) Per Surf # of Isoparms (2) Per Span # of Isoparms (3) (default) Best Guess Based on Screen Size (4)	1/4	connectable, in, out, storable
motionBlur (mb)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
normalThreshold (nat)	float	30	0/180	connectable, in, out, storable
numberU (nu)	long	3	1/-	connectable, in, out, storable
numberV (nv)	long	3	1/-	connectable, in, out, storable
outlinerColor (oclr)	float3	-	-	connectable, extension, in, out, storable
outlinerColorB (oclrb)	float	-	-	connectable, extension, in, out, storable
outlinerColorG (oclrg)	float	-	-	connectable, extension, in, out, storable
outlinerColorR (oclrr)	float	-	-	connectable, extension, in, out, storable
parentInverseMatrix (pim)	-	-	-	array, connectable, out
parentMatrix (pm)	-	-	-	array, connectable, out
primaryVisibility (vis)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
renderLayerInfo (rlio)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
renderLayerColor (rlc)	byte	-	0/31	connectable, in, out, storable
renderLayerId (rli)	short	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
renderLayerRenderable (rlr)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
renderTriangleCount (tcn)	long	-	-	connectable, out
rmbCommand (rmc)	-	-	-	storable
shadingSamples (ssa)	long	1	1/32	connectable, in, out, storable
shadingSamplesOverride (sso)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
smoothEdge (ues)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
smoothEdgeRatio (esr)	double	0.99	0.1/0.999	connectable, in, out, storable
smoothShading (smo)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
spansUV (sp)	long2	-	-	connectable, out
spansU (su)	long	-	-	connectable, out
spansV (sv)	long	-	-	connectable, out
templateName (tna)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
templatePath (tpt)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
templateVersion (tpv)	long	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
textureThreshold (fth)	long	-	0/100	connectable, in, out, storable
uDivisionsFactor (nufa)	double	1.5	0.1/-	connectable, in, out, storable
uiTreatment (uit)	enum	- Standard (0) Shader (1) Custom (1000)	0/1000	connectable, in, out, storable
useChordHeight (uch)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
useChordHeightRatio (ucr)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
useMinScreen (uns)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
useOutlinerColor (uocol)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, extension, in, out, storable
vDivisionsFactor (nvfa)	double	1.5	0.1/-	connectable, in, out, storable
viewName (vwn)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
visibleInReflections (vir)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
visibleInRefractions (vif)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
volumeSamples (vss)	long	1	-	connectable, in, out, storable
volumeSamplesOverride (vso)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
worldInverseMatrix (wim)	-	-	-	array, connectable, out
worldMatrix (wm)	-	-	-	array, connectable, out
worldSpace (ws)	-	-	-	array, connectable, out
external hidden attributes
basicTessellationType (btt)	enum	- Object (0) Screen (1)	0/1	connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
displayHWEnvironment (dhe)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
hyperLayout (hl)	message	-	-	connectable, hidden, in, out
isCollapsed (isc)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
isHierarchicalConnection (ish)	bool	-	0/1	array, hidden, storable
publishedNodeInfo (pni)	compound	-	-	array, connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
isHierarchicalNode (ihn)	bool	-	0/1	hidden, storable
publishedNode (pnod)	message	-	-	connectable, in, out
publishedNodeType (pntp)	-	-	-	hidden, storable
isHistoricallyInteresting (ihi)	byte	2	0/255	connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
message (msg)	message	-	-	connectable, hidden, out
objSpaceChordHeight (uco)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
pickTexture (pte)	message	-	-	connectable, hidden, in, out
referenceObject (rob)	message	-	-	connectable, hidden, in, out
renderType (rt)	short	-	-	connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
renderVolume (rv)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
tweakLocation (twl)	typed	-	-	connectable, hidden, in
uvPivot (pv)	double2	-	-	connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
uvPivotX (pvx)	double	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
uvPivotY (pvy)	double	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
visibleFraction (vf)	float	1	-	connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
internal attributes
asBackground (asbg)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
binMembership (bnm)	-	-	-	hidden, storable
blackBox (bbx)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
boundingBox (bb)	compound	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxMax (bbmx)	double3	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxMaxX (bbxx)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxMaxY (bbxy)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxMaxZ (bbxz)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxMin (bbmn)	double3	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxMinX (bbnx)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxMinY (bbny)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxMinZ (bbnz)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxSize (bbsi)	double3	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxSizeX (bbsx)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxSizeY (bbsy)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxSizeZ (bbsz)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
center (c)	double3	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxCenterX (bcx)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxCenterY (bcy)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
boundingBoxCenterZ (bcz)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, out
caching (cch)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
castsShadows (csh)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
containerType (ctyp)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
controlPoints (cp)	double3	-	-	array, connectable, in, out, storable
xValue (xv)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
yValue (yv)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
zValue (zv)	doubleLinear	-	-	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
curvePrecision (cpr)	byte	4	0/127	connectable, in, out, storable
curvePrecisionShaded (cps)	byte	1	0/63	connectable, in, out, storable
dispCV (dcv)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
dispEP (dep)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
dispGeometry (dg)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
dispHull (dh)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
dispOrigin (dor)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
dispSF (dsf)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
displayColorChannel (dcc)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
displayColors (dcol)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
displayImmediate (di)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
divisionsU (dvu)	byte	-	0/64	connectable, in, out, storable
divisionsV (dvv)	byte	-	0/64	connectable, in, out, storable
doubleSided (ds)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
drawOverride (do)	compound	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
hideOnPlayback (hpb)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideColor (ovc)	byte	-	0/31	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideColorA (ovca)	float	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideColorRGB (ovrgb)	float3	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideColorB (ovcb)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideColorG (ovcg)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideColorR (ovcr)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideDisplayType (ovdt)	enum	- Normal (0) Template (1) Reference (2)	0/2	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideEnabled (ove)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideLevelOfDetail (ovlod)	enum	- Full (0) Bounding Box (1)	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
overridePlayback (ovp)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideRGBColors (ovrgbf)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideShading (ovs)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideTexturing (ovt)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
overrideVisibility (ovv)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostColorPost (gac)	float3	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostColorPostB (gab)	float	0.66299998760223389	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostColorPostG (gag)	float	0.67799997329711914	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostColorPostR (gar)	float	0.87800002098083496	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostColorPre (gcp)	float3	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostColorPreB (gpb)	float	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostColorPreG (gpg)	float	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostColorPreR (grr)	float	0.44699999690055847	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostCustomSteps (gcs)	compound	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostPostFrames (gpof)	long	3	-	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostPreFrames (gprf)	long	3	-	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostsStep (gstp)	long	1	1/-	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostDriver (gdr)	message	-	-	connectable, in, out
ghostOpacityRange (golr)	float2	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostFarOpacity (gfro)	float	0.15000000596046448	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostNearOpacity (gnro)	float	0.5	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostFrames (gf)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostUseDriver (gud)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out
ghosting (gh)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
ghostingMode (gm)	enum	- Pre And Post Frames (0) Pre Frames (1) Post Frames (2) Custom Frames (3) Pre And Post Keyframes (4) All Keyframes (5)	0/5	connectable, in, out, storable
header (hd)	-	-	-	-
holdOut (hot)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
iconName (icn)	-	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
ignoreHwShader (ih)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
inPlace (ipo)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
intermediateObject (io)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
lodVisibility (lodv)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
nodeState (nds)	enum	- Normal (0) HasNoEffect (1) Blocking (2) Waiting-Normal (8) Waiting-HasNoEffect (9) Waiting-Blocking (10)	0/10	connectable, in, out, storable
normalsDisplayScale (ndf)	double	1	-	connectable, in, out, storable
objectColor (oc)	short	-	0/7	connectable, in, out, storable
objectColorRGB (obcc)	float3	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
objectColorB (obcb)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
objectColorG (obcg)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
objectColorR (obcr)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
opposite (op)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
patchUVIds (pu)	-	-	-	array, connectable, hidden, in, out, storable
receiveShadows (rcsh)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
relativeTweak (rtw)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
selCVDisp (scvd)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
selectionChildHighlighting (sech)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
simplifyMode (sm)	byte	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
simplifyU (smu)	byte	1	1/24	connectable, in, out, storable
simplifyV (smv)	byte	1	1/24	connectable, in, out, storable
template (tmp)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
trimFace (tf)	-	-	-	array, storable
tweak (tw)	bool	-	0/1	connectable, in, out, storable
tweakSizeU (tsu)	long	true	-	connectable, in, out
tweakSizeV (tsv)	long	true	-	connectable, in, out
useObjectColor (uoc)	enum	- Default (0) Indexed (1) RGB (2)	0/2	connectable, in, out, storable
viewMode (vwm)	enum	2 Flat (0) Use Template (1) Group By Node (2) (default)	0/2	connectable, in, out, storable
visibility (v)	bool	1	0/1	connectable, in, keyable, out, storable
weights (wt)	double	1	-	array, connectable, in, out
wireColorRGB (wfcc)	float3	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
wireColorB (wfcb)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
wireColorG (wfcg)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable
wireColorR (wfcr)	float	-	-	connectable, in, out, storable