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()Hi! thanks a lot for your script, it´s working great! the only problem I am having is that the documents that it creates won´t have the same render settings that I have in my original scene, 
I tryied setting the default file and template with the render settings I need, but it still won´t pick them up, Do you Know how I could change those temp docs default renders settings?
Thanks a lot in advance!!
sure, here you go.
same script, only now the active rendersettings (incl. children) are being stolen and set active in the saved document (only if c4d-format is chosen, obviously).
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)
# steal active rendersettings (incl. children) & set them active in saved doc
if fileFormatEnding == ".c4d":
myRendersettings = doc.GetActiveRenderData().GetClone()
theTempDoc.InsertRenderData(myRendersettings)
myRendersettings.SetBit(c4d.BIT_ACTIVERENDERDATA)
# 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:
gui.MessageDialog(str(itemCounter) + " Selected items saved to: " + setupFolder)
else:
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()Wow mesutcapkin, this is a great script!
Thank you for sharing it 
Could you please upgrade it so it can batch import files from the selected folder (one at a time), merge them with an open scene (let’s call it the main scene), and export new scenes in the desired format?
So if the main scene is empty, it will act as a converter (as it does now but for the objects in separate files), but if the main scene has a prepared studio setup and defined render settings, the new files will have objects merged in that scene.
New files can than be named for example - [selected_file]-[main_scene]
Thank you! 
sorry for being late to the party.
glad, that script comes in handy.
of course i cannot guarantee, i understood what your goal is.
having said that, i suspect it to be somewhat obvious that it’s quite a bit of a different goal than the script originally had aimed for.
while not being impossible to implement your wishes, i guess it would take a bit of time, which is a resource i posess not much of, these days.
maybe someone else wants to fill tha gap.
otherwise: contacting one of those skillful ppl on this forum, that are able and willing to code customized solutions for given problems, seems to be the most efficient way to achieving your goal.
best,
mesut.
Hi,
I know you are probably busy and I am resurrecting an old thread but is there any reason this may not work on the new c4d 2023 ( OSX ) - Just doesn’t do anything when executed?
Selecting objects > Executing script > Nothing happens
Also the Cineversity CV-SmartExport: Overview [Cineversity Resources] plug in seems to not work anymore?
Basically I need to export selected objects as STLs for 3d printing. 10-20 per file
I had been using https://fcstudios.gumroad.com/l/SelectNGo
But it doesn’t Parse Volume builder / Meshers now for some reason - I had told them but they have gone off grid
And only works in my Perpetual r21. Very frustrating.
Thanks
You just need to edit the script a tiny bit.
Change:
print "Expected c4d.BaseObject, got %s." % obj.__class__.__name__ + " attached to: " \
+ obj.GetObject().GetName()
To:
print ("Expected c4d.BaseObject, got %s." % obj.__class__.__name__ + " attached to: " \
+ obj.GetObject().GetName())
Hope it helps, I dunno if certain IDs have changed but seems to work.
Thanks… odd though, it still doesn’t do anything for me?
I changed the brackets in the first script and that does run and create the export folder - but nothing appears in it.