FBX export maya Mel problem

sprunghunt

I'm trying to create a one-click export for FBX using the scripting commands listed here:

 

http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2017/ENU/?guid=GUID-76CF67F4-BBBB-48C6-AE48-6EF6975CB870

 

 

I have this block of MEL : 

 

<div>//units settings&nbsp;</div><div>	FBXExportScaleFactor 1.0 ;&nbsp;</div><div>	FBXProperty Export|AdvOptGrp|UnitsGrp|DynamicScaleConversion -v false;</div><div>	FBXProperty Export|AdvOptGrp|UnitsGrp|UnitsSelector -v "Meters";</div><div>	currentUnit -linear "m";</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; FBXPushSettings;</div>

which is followed by: 

 

FBXExport -f $exportName -s ;

"$exportName" is the output path I want.

 

It runs fine. However the scale of the exported file is not correct.  

 

If you export a FBX manually and set the scale (under advanced settings> Units) incorrectly and then use the exporter script it will use the scale set in the previous export. If I run the script twice - the second export will be the correct scale.

 

Also if I open Maya and immediately use the export script it will spit out this error:

// Error: Syntax Error: bad value for this property. Use a valid enum item. // 

This seems to be caused by the FBX plugin not being properly initialized when you start Maya. The value it's complaining about is "Meters".

 

Also I put in debug print commands that execute after the export

<div>print ("file units " + ` currentUnit -q -linear` + "\r\n");</div><div>		print ("scaleFactor " + `FBXExportScaleFactor -q` + "\r\n");</div><div>		print ("convertUnit " + `FBXExportConvertUnitString &nbsp;-q` + "\r\n");</div><div>		print ("unitsSelector " + `FBXProperty Export|AdvOptGrp|UnitsGrp|UnitsSelector -q` + "\r\n");</div>

These show the scale values as being set correctly by the code even though the exported file is not the right scale

poopipe

iirc fbxexport doesn't work properly and I ended up using file.exportselected 


http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2016/CHS/Maya-Tech-Docs/Commands/file.html#flagexportSelected

That will pick up your current fbx export settings and use them so as long as they're good you'll get the results you want. 

sprunghunt

poopipe said:

iirc fbxexport doesn't work properly and I ended up using file.exportselected 


http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2016/CHS/Maya-Tech-Docs/Commands/file.html#flagexportSelected

That will pick up your current fbx export settings and use them so as long as they're good you'll get the results you want. 

Thanks but the entire point of this script is to ensure that the settings are set the way I want them and not the current fbx export settings (which could be wrong).