Maya – Set mesh select state

I found this to be very useful when working with rigs and animators. This will either make all mesh selectable, or not selectable.

from maya import cmds


def mesh_select_state(state=False):
    if state is False:
        display_type = 2
    elif state is True:
        display_type = 0
    for mesh in cmds.ls(type="mesh"):
        try:
            cmds.setAttr(mesh + ".overrideEnabled", 1)
            cmds.setAttr(mesh + ".overrideDisplayType", display_type)
        except Exception as error:
            print "Couldn't override mesh '{}' because of {}".format(mesh, error)

# To make all mesh selectable set state=True
# To make all mesh NOT selectable, run func without args or state=False
mesh_select_state(state=True)