PyMEL: Help with pymel.core.system.exportSelected()

[DeadlyNightshade]

I’m trying to export a file to a format that isn’t native to Maya. The docs say that pymel.core.system.exportSelected is derived from maya.cmds.file (which is used when I export manually via the dialog) but exportSelected has only like 20% of the flags?

In the script editor I can see that maya-cmds.file uses these flags for the export:
-force
-options
-typ (type)
-es (exportSelected)

Am I supposed to use the PyMEL flag expressions for feeding the options to the command, and if so what is the format and syntax like? The docs really doesn’t specify anything here. It also says nothing about the file path.

[djx]

dont forget help()

Help on function exportSelected in module pymel.core.system:

exportSelected(exportPath, **kwargs)
Export the selected items into the specified file. Returns the name of the exported file.

Flags:
  - force:
      Force an action to take place. (new, open, save, remove reference, unload reference) Used with removeReference to force
      remove reference namespace even if it has contents. Cannot be used with removeReference if the reference resides in the
      root namespace. Used with unloadReference to force unload reference even if the reference node is locked, without
      prompting a dialog that warns user about the lost of edits.
  - constructionHistory:
      For use with exportSelected to specify whether attached construction history should be included in the export.
  - channels:
      For use with exportSelected to specify whether attached channels should be included in the export.
  - constraints:
      For use with exportSelected to specify whether attached constraints should be included in the export.
  - expressions:
      For use with exportSelected to specify whether attached expressions should be included in the export.
  - shader:
      For use with exportSelected to specify whether attached shaders should be included in the export.
  - preserveReferences:
      Modifies the various import/export flags such that references are imported/exported as actual references rather than
      copies of those references.
  - type:
      Set the type of this file.  By default this can be any one of: mayaAscii, mayaBinary, mel,  OBJ, directory, plug-in,
      audio, move, EPS, Adobe(R) Illustrator(R), imageplug-ins may define their own types as well.Return a string array of
      file types that match this file.

Derived from mel command `maya.cmds.file`

[DeadlyNightshade]

Unfortunatly that is the same text that is in the official docs and it really doesn’t say anything about how the export options should be formatted (or what key they go to) or how to specify the file output path.

[djx]

Well most of the info is there. As mentioned, the docs for maya.cmds.file fills in some gaps. And doing it from the UI with echo all commands provides a look at some of the format specific stuff that you would not expect to see in the docs if its a non-native format. ( Which one by the way? )

Here’s an obj example…

pm.exportSelected('U:/temp/exports/xxx.obj', type='OBJexport', options='groups=1;ptgroups=1;materials=0;smoothing=1;normals=0')

# Result: Path('U:/temp/exports/xxx.obj') # 

David

[DeadlyNightshade]

Thank you. For some reason I just assumed that the options -flag was invalid because it wasn’t covered in the docs -_-