Max Script Batch stuff

tuxmask75 · Jun 2011

Hey guys, I have around 600 or so .model files.
I already have a .model importer script for max.
it only opens files 1 at a time, and does not auto save.

what I'm trying to do is open multiple files within a directory and auto save them all in another format.

Anyone have a good max script that i could use to integrate within my other script.

((looking for something like Photo shop's batch function.))
Open
Save as: *file type*
Than open next file and repeat above.

haiddasalami · Jun 2011

Would help to know what file type. Will help people to point you to a script or possibly someone scripting it/tweaking a script to suit your needs.

Warheart · Jun 2011

Should be simple to do. Especially if all your files to be processed are in one directory then it's really easy.

files = getFiles "c:\\foo\\*.max"
for f in files do 
(
    loadMAXFile f; -- this would load each max file found in turn
    
    -- so you would do something like:
    -- call load function
    -- save file
    -- etc.
)

Obviously just changing the path to point to your folder and ".max" to be whatever extension you're looking for. If you want the script to handle subdirectories then it can get a little more complicated (e.g. if you want to mirror the directory structure within another root path or something like that). It's not that hard though and I'm sure myself or someone else here could help with that if it was needed.

If you search the maxScript help for "External File Methods" then there's more info about this type of stuff there.

tuxmask75 · Jun 2011

Warheart wrote: »
Should be simple to do. Especially if all your files to be processed are in one directory then it's really easy.
files = getFiles "c:\\foo\\*.max"
for f in files do 
(
    loadMAXFile f; -- this would load each max file found in turn
 
    -- so you would do something like:
    -- call load function
    -- save file
    -- etc.
)
Obviously just changing the path to point to your folder and ".max" to be whatever extension you're looking for. If you want the script to handle subdirectories then it can get a little more complicated (e.g. if you want to mirror the directory structure within another root path or something like that). It's not that hard though and I'm sure myself or someone else here could help with that if it was needed.

If you search the maxScript help for "External File Methods" then there's more info about this type of stuff there.

Yeah something like that,
and loadMAXFile f; would need to load a .model so I'm guessing this needs to be changed?

haiddasalami wrote: »

Would help to know what file type. Will help people to point you to a script or possibly someone scripting it/tweaking a script to suit your needs.

.fbx .dae .obj .3ds .max are the export formats I'm interested in,
and .model is import.

r_fletch_r · Jun 2011

inFormat = ".model" --put your in format here
outFormat = ".dae" -- put your out format here

files = getFiles "c:\\foo\\*."+ inFormat


for f in files do 
(
    importFile f #noPrompt
	newFilename = (filterString f ".")[1] + outFormat
	exportFile newFilename #noPrompt
	
)

this should do it. havent tested it but is not exactly complex.. I dont know whether all formats support the #noPrompt flag so you may be clicking through UI's a bit. but thats not avoidable.

Warheart · Jun 2011

Ah ok, sorry I didn't explain that in much detail because I was assuming you were reasonably familiar with the scripting stuff.

Yea, like you said you need to replace that loadMAXFile function call with your import function. e.g. "importModelFile f" (assuming it's got a load function that accepts the path to a file as an argument).

Is it your import script? If not and you're not sure how it works then it might be worth posting it or a link to where you got it from and we can help modify/wrap it to do this.

Edit:
Just saw r_fletch_r's post. Yea, that should work assuming your .model reader is a plugin and not a script.

tuxmask75 · Jul 2011

Warheart wrote: »

Ah OK, sorry I didn't explain that in much detail because I was assuming you were reasonably familiar with the scripting stuff.

Yea, like you said you need to replace that loadMAXFile function call with your import function. e.g. "importModelFile f" (assuming it's got a load function that accepts the path to a file as an argument).

Is it your import script? If not and you're not sure how it works then it might be worth posting it or a link to where you got it from and we can help modify/wrap it to do this.

Edit:
Just saw r_fletch_r's post. Yea, that should work assuming your .model reader is a plugin and not a script.

Yeah the .model reader is a script.

Max Script Batch stuff

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