exporting multiple pieces of geo.....at once?

fritz

hello, does anyone know of a script or way to export all the peices of separate geometry in a seen at once....via one click? for example, head arm, leg, etc....all exported as separate obj's at once.

Mark Dygert

The OBJ exporter/importer does this if you set it to "Group by Object". Then when you import un-check "Unify" under Geometry Options (right side) and it won't collapse them all into one object but it leaves them as separate.

I think it even remembers the pivot point of each object?

MoP

I think he means each one being a separate .obj file, not just separate parts in one .obj

It'd be fairly easy to write a script to do this, although it'd require the user to specify an output folder, and then I guess it'd just name each .obj to match the mesh name.

Mark Dygert

Damn foiled again by my inability to read...

fritz

yes MOP, you are correct. and Vig, it's probably my inability to explain what the hell i'm talkin about haha. i do that quite often.

MoP

Here you go, fritz, and anyone else who wants it...

http://www.greveson.co.uk/scripts/exportObjSet.ms <-- Save it to your 3dsmax scripts folder and run it once. You will find a new entry in Customize under the "MoP's Tools" category. Assign it to a hotkey, or put it in a toolbar or a quad menu.

If it breaks, let me know what version of Max you're on, and what you were doing when it broke.

It's fairly straightforward though, I wrote it in about 20 minutes and thus haven't tested it beyond about 10 primitives.

It'll probably take a while if you're exporting a lot of dense geometry.

fritz

MOP...you are the man. thanks so much dude. i really appreciate it!!!!!