export layer to file?

[Segmoria]

I wrote the following simple script for you that saves the contents of each layer into a different file. You can study it and adjust it according to your needs, but I guess these are more or less the commands you will have to use.

{
string $saveToPath = "C:/test/";
string $currentLayers[] = `ls -typ displayLayer`;

for ($item in $currentLayers)
{
if ($item != "defaultLayer")
{
string $itemsInLayer[] = `editDisplayLayerMembers -q ($item)`;
select -r $itemsInLayer;
file -typ "mayaBinary" -es ($saveToPath + $item);
}
}
}

Hope this helps!

[steveblake]

works great - I think you just saved me about 6 hours today!

thankyou!!

[steveblake]

hmm... is there anything I can do to prevent this type of error:
"Error: More than one object matches name: blah:blah_blah"

[Segmoria]

When exactly does that error occur? Give me some more details about what you have in your scene, and layers please.

[steveblake]

actually the script runs through the scene(s) fine, creating files from layers as it should, until it comes to a duplicate object as far as I can tell.

I was thinking that one answer may be to delete the layer and objects once it has has it's contents saved out...

Meanwhile I'll check this again just to be sure.

[Segmoria]

Well I tried adding dublicate objects in the same layer or even another, but I can't seem to "replicate" this error you mention, the script evaluates as expected. Maybe you wanna post the scene in which you have the problem, so I can try and see more into it.

[steveblake]

Thanks again for your help on this - actually I ended up doing by hand...
- not sure I'll have time to experiment further, If I do I'll be sure to post.

cheers!

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