Hi,
I’ve seen that in cinema4D r20 there’s the feature “File->Export Selected Object as…”
It’s very usefull to export 1 hierarchy but if I wanna export a list of objects (for example: 100 objects) in single scenes, is there a way to do it?
A python script maybe?
Just select them, copy them into a new scene, and save that?
In the R21, the menu item says “objects”, plural, anyway, and saves all selected objects in the new scene.
Yes, but for 100 or 10000 objects that I want in 100 or 10000 different scenes I have to copy and paste and save hand by hand?
Is there a more simple and fast way?
paste this code into python editor.
change the path, as mentioned in code.
select your items in your scene.
execute.
should work.
EDIT:
code caused c4d-crashes when illegal type was part of selection.
updated the code. see the next posts.
so, here’s a cleaner version that’s more tolerant if non-basetype objects are selected.
furthermore, the selected objects will be saved in a folder that’s being created at the path of your scenefile. the name of that folder will be the name of your scenefile + “_objExport” - the name of the objects that are being saved within that folder are derived form the objectnamess.
import c4d, os
import c4d.documents as docs
from c4d import gui
# Welcome to the world of Python
# Main function
def main():
# the doc
doc = docs.GetActiveDocument()
docPath = doc.GetDocumentPath()
docName = doc.GetDocumentName()
# list-stuff
objList = doc.GetSelection()
tmpList= []
itemCounter = 0
# check if anything is selected
if not objList:
gui.MessageDialog('Nothing selected -> nothing saved')
else:
# create folder, if not present
setupFolder = docPath + "\\" + docName[0:len(docName)-4] + "_objExport" + "\\"
if not os.path.exists(setupFolder):
os.makedirs(setupFolder)
# check each obj in selection and save in file after type-check
for obj in objList:
# check type
if not isinstance(obj, c4d.BaseObject):
print "Expected c4d.BaseObject, got %s." % obj.__class__.__name__ + " attached to: "\
+ obj.GetObject().GetName()
else:
# some list-stuff
tmpList.insert(0,obj)
# create temp doc and insert selected obj into it
theTempDoc = docs.IsolateObjects(doc, tmpList)
# save temp doc in folder using the original project-filename & objectname
path = str(setupFolder + obj.GetName() + ".c4d")
docs.SaveDocument(theTempDoc, path, c4d.SAVEDOCUMENTFLAGS_DONTADDTORECENTLIST, format=c4d.FORMAT_C4DEXPORT)
# some list-stuff
tmpList.remove(obj)
# kill temp doc
docs.KillDocument(theTempDoc)
itemCounter += 1
gui.MessageDialog(str(itemCounter) + ' selected items saved to: ' + setupFolder)
# Execute main()
if __name__=='__main__':
main()Hey Mesutcapkin your script works very very fine!!
thank you!!
But it save the selected objects as .c4d scenes, how could it save in .FBX too?
you’re welcome.
well, i was not aware that you wanted a different format other than c4d.
i can look into that; unfortunately it’ll have to wait until later this evening.
so, here’s another version of the script.
same handling as before, only this time you choose your desired exportformat after executing the script.
it does not offer access to export-settings, so if there’s specific settings you’d want to see being applied, you’d need to set them globally via your preferences before executing the script.
import c4d, os
import c4d.documents as docs
from c4d import gui
# Welcome to the world of Python
# fileFormatMenu
def chooseExportMethodMenu():
# menu items id
IDM_MENU1 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID
IDM_MENU2 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 1
IDM_MENU3 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 2
IDM_MENU4 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 3
IDM_MENU5 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 4
IDM_MENU6 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 5
IDM_MENU7 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 6
IDM_MENU8 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 7
IDM_MENU9 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 8
IDM_MENU10 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 9
IDM_MENU11 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 10
IDM_MENU12 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 11
IDM_MENU13 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 12
IDM_MENU14 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 13
IDM_MENU15 = c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID + 14
# main menu
menu = c4d.BaseContainer()
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU1, "Cinema 4D (*.c4d)")
menu.InsData(0, '') # Append separator
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU2, "3D Studio (*.3ds)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU3, "Alembic (*.abc)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU4, "Allplan (*.xml)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU5, "Bullet (*.bullet)")
menu.InsData(0, '') # Append separator
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU6, "COLLADA 1.4 (*.dae)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU7, "COLLADA 1.5 (*.dae)")
menu.InsData(0, '') # Append separator
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU8, "Direct 3D (*.x)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU9, "DXF (*.dxf)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU10, "FBX (*.fbx)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU11, "Illustrator (*.ai)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU12, "STL (*.stl)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU13, "Volume (*.vdb)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU14, "VRML 2 (*.wrl)")
menu.InsData(IDM_MENU15, "Wavefront OBJ (*.obj)")
# show dialog
result = gui.ShowPopupDialog(cd=None, bc=menu, x=c4d.MOUSEPOS, y=c4d.MOUSEPOS)
return result
def exportItems(objList, setupFolder, fileFormatEnding, cmdNr):
tmpList = []
itemCounter = 0
saveCounter = 0
for obj in objList:
# check type
if not isinstance(obj, c4d.BaseObject):
print "Expected c4d.BaseObject, got %s." % obj.__class__.__name__ + " attached to: " \
+ obj.GetObject().GetName()
else:
# some list-stuff
tmpList.insert(0, obj)
# create temp doc and insert selected obj into it
theTempDoc = docs.IsolateObjects(doc, tmpList)
# save temp doc in folder using the original project-filename & objectname
path = str(setupFolder + obj.GetName() + str(fileFormatEnding))
if docs.SaveDocument(theTempDoc, path, c4d.SAVEDOCUMENTFLAGS_DONTADDTORECENTLIST, cmdNr):
saveCounter += 1
# some list-stuff
tmpList.remove(obj)
# kill temp doc
docs.KillDocument(theTempDoc)
itemCounter += 1
if itemCounter == saveCounter:
print itemCounter, saveCounter
gui.MessageDialog(str(itemCounter) + " Selected items saved to: " + setupFolder)
else:
print itemCounter, saveCounter
gui.MessageDialog("Something went wrong!\n" + "Out of " + str(itemCounter) + " items, "
+ str(saveCounter) + " were saved to " + setupFolder)
# main
def main():
# dict with menu id, formatending, command-code
fileFormatDict = {900000: [".c4d", 1001026],
900001: [".3ds", 1001038],
900002: [".abc", 1028082],
900003: [".xml", 1016440],
900004: [".bullet", 180000105],
900005: [".dae", 1022316],
900006: [".dae", 1025755],
900007: [".x", 1001047],
900008: [".dxf", 1001036],
900009: [".fbx", 1026370],
900010: [".ai", 1012074],
900011: [".stl", 1001021],
900012: [".vdb", 1039865],
900013: [".wrl", 1001034],
900014: [".obj", 1030178]}
# the doc
doc = docs.GetActiveDocument()
docPath = doc.GetDocumentPath()
docName = doc.GetDocumentName()
# list-stuff
objList = doc.GetSelection()
chosenExportMethod = chooseExportMethodMenu()
# check if anything is selected
if not objList:
gui.MessageDialog("Nothing selected -> nothing saved")
else:
if chosenExportMethod in fileFormatDict:
# create folder, if not present
setupFolder = docPath + "\\" + docName[0:len(docName)-4] + "_objExport" + "\\"
if not os.path.exists(setupFolder):
os.makedirs(setupFolder)
exportItems(objList, setupFolder, fileFormatDict[chosenExportMethod][0],
fileFormatDict[chosenExportMethod][1])
else:
pass
if __name__=='__main__':
main()