Take the script posted above, and replace "maxFilePath" with ("C:/Documents and Settings/" + sysInfo.username + "/Desktop/") That should save to your desktop instead of the current file folder.
I like to dumb temporary things on my desktop,- might have a look into that if maxscript provides that path as well. Thanks for posting though it inspired me to add some features to my export script.
Well, with maya and photoshop you should set up scripts to do that stuff. Maya has mel, you can create a custom save dialog that just has the options you use (plus other handy things). With photoshop, you can set up save actions that can edit, so for example when working on your psd, and want to save out a tga for your…
Bit late with "discovering" how to do this but for anyone else that was wondering, I found a script to export to obj using the mesh name to the same folder the current max file is in without navigating the export dialog (yes I realize its probably very simple and you all knew it anyway but no one actually showed exactly…
when using maxscript and saving files,- maxscript will automaticly handle the filetype depending on the filename extention you pass though the command. So in other words it will export (with optional no dialogues) your model right away to your preferred target url. Next to that you could add a little interface (choose…
isnt photoshop always letting you only craete actions for writing to a specific path. As far as I know its impossible in PS to quickly setup writing a dynamic filename with a fixed filetype and setting. Thats something that always bothered me about PS. One way certainly would be using Jscript to extend photoshop and write…