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MItSelectionList vs Only MSelectionList
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it_selectionlist.py
import datetime
today = datetime.datetime.today
from maya.api import OpenMaya as om2
from maya import cmds
start = today()
sel_list = om2.MSelectionList()
[sel_list.add(m)
for m in cmds.ls(dag=True)]
sel_it = om2.MItSelectionList(sel_list)
dags = []
i = 0
while not sel_it.isDone():
dag_path = sel_it.getDagPath()
dags.append(dag_path)
sel_it.next()
i += 1
#print(dags)
print(today() - start) # 0:00:00.691000
print(i) # 8721
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only_selectionlist.py
import datetime
today = datetime.datetime.today
from maya.api import OpenMaya as om2
from maya import cmds
start = today()
sel_list = om2.MSelectionList()
dags = []
i = 0
for mesh in cmds.ls(dag=True):
sel_list.clear()
sel_list.add(mesh)
dag_path = sel_list.getDagPath(0)
dags.append(dag_path)
i += 1
#print(dags)
print(today() - start) # 0:00:00.097000
print(i) # 8721
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bafly commented Sep 10, 2025 •
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Hi! Sorry maybe for dumb question... but why wouldn't we just iterate over MSelectionList.getDagPath(i)?

[sel_list.add(m) for m in cmds.ls(dag=1)]
dags = []
for i in range(sel_list.length()):
    dags.append(sel_list.getDagPath(i))

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