Hmm... didn't know about kBeforeReferenceCheck. This looks like it could be exactly what I was looking for... thanks!
- Paul On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:54 AM, lukeha <[email protected]> wrote: > A bit late to reply maybe, but i've started using a kBeforeReferenceCheck > for stuff like this (changing what path a scene references based on certain > rules). > There's an example in the docs where the path is replaced before the > reference is loaded: > > http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2013/en_us/index.html?url=files/GUID-7F9305BF-5515-49DC-900B-61268611F8B1.htm,topicNumber=d30e125518 > Luke > > On Friday, October 26, 2012 11:32:36 PM UTC+1, matt wrote: > >> nope, scratch that, it still triggers an errror with the selectivepreload >> option enabled if it can't find the scene. what a silly design. >> >> sorry. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Matt Estela <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Re the mb issue, we have a command line mb2ma utility at work for this >>> sort of thing. The RnD folk implied it was a trivial tool to implement, >>> but I have no idea if that was done using the API, or derived from the >>> MayaMan code at Animal Logic. I can ask. >>> >>> Re the core issue, I know I've used an option on the file->load dialog >>> to enable a selective reference load GUI. Not in front of maya right now, >>> but I'm sure I've used this to fix the problem you describe. Ie, load the >>> scene, tell it to load NO references, then try and fix the refrrence within >>> maya, or at the very least save a .ma that can be hacked. >>> >>> Unfortunately it sounds suspiciously like the loadreferencedepth call >>> you mentioned, which implies it might not be able to be controlled via >>> code. Will take a look when I can. >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, October 27, 2012, Paul Molodowitch wrote: >>> >>>> I've had success find/replacing reference names in the ascii text >>>>> files, but haven't tried to fix this through Maya itself. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Unfortunate, in our particular case, the scenes are saved as an binary >>>> .mb. I COULD still try to do string replacement searching in the binary >>>> file, but I highly this likely be a bad idea: who knows if/where it would >>>> have stored memory offsets, table sizes, boundary-padding, etc that would >>>> have to be adjusted.. >>>> >>>> - Paul >>>> >>>> -- >>>> view archives: >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/python_inside_maya<http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya> >>>> change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/python_inside_maya/**subscribe<http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe> >>>> >>> >> -- > view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > change your subscription settings: > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe > -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
