Anyone know of a .ma batch exporter for Maya?

Hayden Zammit

Hey guys,

Do any of you know of any batch exporters for maya that can export out a bunch of selected files and into separate .ma files that are named what the objects were called in the outliner?

Setting up a reference library, and it'd be pretty handy. I've seen a few that will do FbX, but I need .ma.


cheers.

haiddasalami

Here ya go. Nothing fancy. If the scene is saved, it creates a folder called Batch_Exports and exports it there. If the scene is not saved, it prompts for a directory to save in. Ran some basic tests on it and worked so let me know if something bugs out for you. Also this is Python code btw as a headsup

import maya.cmds as cmds

selection = cmds.ls(sl=True)
manualSave = False
if len(selection) != 0:
    fileName = cmds.file(query=True,sn=True)
    if fileName == "":
        try:
            filePath = cmds.fileDialog2(fileMode=3, dialogStyle=2,caption="Scene was not saved. Select Directory to export.")[0]
            manualSave = True
        except TypeError:
            cmds.warning("Aborted by user.")
    else:
        filePath = fileName.rpartition('/')[0]
    for object in selection:
        cmds.select(object)
        if manualSave:
            path = "%s/%s.ma" % (filePath,object)
            cmds.file(path,es=True,force=True,typ="mayaAscii")
        else:
            directoryPath = "%s/Batch_Exports" % (filePath)
            cmds.sysFile( directoryPath, makeDir=True )
            path = "%s/%s.ma" % (directoryPath,object)
            cmds.file(path,es=True,force=True,typ="mayaAscii")     
else:
    cmds.error("Nothing selected")

Hayden Zammit

Whoa, so you're a wizard then, yeah?

Thanks a a lot for this. Before I had to export one asset at a time and it just took too long.

So awesome. Thanks again!

haiddasalami

Ha! Far from it :P No problemo, always glad to help people with scripts and whatnot been doing too much maxscripting