Toggles Render Layers renderable state on/off (for greater than Maya 2016 )

20190207_maya2017_renderLayers_enableToggle_V001_01.py

# 20190207_maya2017_renderLayersToggle_v001
# Written by Patrick Woo ([email protected])

# this script toggles the renderable state of all render layers depending on the first render layer's state

def render_layers_toggle():
    # code for querying render layers is taken from
    # https://fredrikaverpil.github.io/2017/05/07/querying-render-setup-in-maya-2017/
    # [email protected]

    import maya.app.renderSetup.model.renderSetup as renderSetup

    render_setup = renderSetup.instance()
    render_layers = render_setup.getRenderLayers()
    enabledMode = render_layers[0].isRenderable()
    [x.setRenderable(not(enabledMode)) for x in render_layers]

render_layers_toggle()