Automatic import from a referenced file?

[JamesPiechota]

Is Test.mb already a reference in your scene?

If it isn't, then you can just to a regular import:

file -import -type "mayaAscii" -ra true -rpr "top" -options "v=0" -loadReferenceDepth "all" "C:/Documents and Settings/Fellow/Desktop/Test.mb";
This command was built by using the File > Import options and turning off "PreserverReferences"

If Test.mb is already a reference in your scene, you'll have to import it using -importReference, and then import each of its child references, and then each of their child references, etc... One way to get the child references of a given reference is (assuming Test.mb is a reference in you scene):

file -q -r "C:/Documents and Settings/Fellow/Desktop/Test.mb"

[Dreppan]

This does work, but is there a way to

1) Read it in as imports without the namespace names?

2) If not, how do you suggest lopping off the namespaces?

Assuming every reference has the namespace "REF" -- this should work:

searchReplaceNames "REF" "" all;

but it doesn't. Suggestions?

[JamesPiechota]

Try this:
namespace -force -moveNamespace "REF:" ":";
namespace -removeNamespace "REF:";
It should only work after the references have been collapsed by the import - you won't be able to rename referenced nodes or get rid of their namespace.

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