Q: replacing mutliple reference files with script?

#1

Hi,

Looking into automating some more stuff in my little pipeline.
Next hurdle now is to have some kind of script tool that can replace reference files in one go for something else.
e.g.: I have a scene with multiple references: sceneA_01, sceneB_01, sceneC_01, and I would like to run through these, and replace them all with version 02.
So after the script run the scene references: sceneA_02, sceneB_02, sceneC_02.

I have found the mel code for replacing reference files and such, but not sure how to query the scene, look for the references linked, and replace them all with the other version.

Any tips are much appreciated!

rob

#2

Here are some breadcrumbs that might lead to something useful.

import pymel.core as pm

# get references as dict of FileRefrences keyed by namespace
refs = pm.getReferences()
namespaces = refs.keys()

# get FileRefrence associated with the first namespace
fileRef = refs.get(namespaces[0])

# show all methods of the FileReference class
dir(fileRef)

# replaceWith method could be of interest
help(fileRef.replaceWith)

David