Is there a way to use the Quick Loader with the Python module?

pooftorrent

Hello!

I want to load a file into the Quick Loader via python but I can't find any way to do it.
Because I have not found a way to use it I tried doing it like this:

> Import model 
> Create Baker
> Create BakeGroup
!=> Failed to reparent the model parts into the BakeGroups.

So, by chance, if the Quick Loader is unable in python; can I reparent objects somehow?

AlainGalvan

You're right that the baker interface in Python doesn't support the use of the quick loader. We'll go ahead and expose the functionality for it in the next patch:

import mset

baker = mset.BakerObject()
# Use Quick Loader
baker.importModel("E:/MyModel.fbx")

Currently Marmoset Toolbag does not support using the quick loader in Python, so to load files into a Baker in python you need to call <pre>mset.importModel</pre> ,  call <pre>addGroup</pre> to relevant groups, and assign the <pre>parent</pre> of the imported meshes to the <pre>"Low"</pre> or <pre>"High"</pre> objects of that group.

Here's an example that does exactly that:

import mset

# Create a new BakerObject
baker = mset.BakerObject()

# Import model
myMesh = mset.importModel("E:/MyMesh.fbx")

# Traverse myMesh and find objects I want to be "High" or "Low"
bakerDict = {}

def traverseMesh(o):
	if isinstance(o, mset.MeshObject):
		if "_low" in o.name:
			key = o.name.replace("_low", "").lower()
			if key in bakerDict:
				bakerDict[key]["low"] = o
			else:
				bakerDict[key] = {"low": o, "high": None}
		if "_high" in o.name:
			key = o.name.replace("_high", "").lower()
			if key in bakerDict:
				bakerDict[key]["high"] = o
			else:
				bakerDict[key] = {"low": None, "high": o}
	for obj in o.getChildren():
		traverseMesh(obj)

# Traverse the imported mesh file
traverseMesh(myMesh)

# Convert bakerDict to baker scene hierarchy
for key in bakerDict.keys():
	if bakerDict[key]["low"] != None and bakerDict[key]["high"] != None:
		curGroup = None
		for child in baker.getChildren():
			if key in child.name.lower():
				curGroup = child
		if curGroup == None:
			curGroup = baker.addGroup(key)
		for gc in curGroup.getChildren():
			if gc.name == "Low":
				bakerDict[key]["low"].parent = gc
			if gc.name == "High":
				bakerDict[key]["high"].parent = gc

# Done adding model, now we can bake
baker.bake()

pooftorrent

Oh my god, thank you! This was exactly what I needed!

Psychotic_Mike

The above method is not quite what I'm looking for. 

Is there a way to have a group in Maya with an arbitrary amount of meshes all with either the suffix _low or _high and have marmoset create baking groups with those suffixes in the correct locations? (all _low under the low baking group and all _high in the high baking group)

Maya

Marmoset


Also how would someone create an import button?

SunSan

You can use the quick loader:

import mset
fbx_file = "C:/Users/zanthresun/Desktop/asd.fbx"
baker = mset.BakerObject()
baker.importModel(fbx_file)