But the process limits you to dealing only with .ma files as opposed to being agnostic.
This is true, it comes down to whether or not the limitation outweigh the benefit. And nuke doesn't have a binary project file format. They just have one .nk format. Sorry, I should have been more clear. I meant that Nuke shared the convenience of Maya's .ma files in that they are also easily manipulated as strings of text. On 2 April 2014 21:15, Justin Israel <[email protected]> wrote: > But the process limits you to dealing only with .ma files as opposed to > being agnostic. And nuke doesn't have a binary project file format. They > just have one .nk format. > > I didn't see where the other suggestions were focused on exporting. > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Marcus Ottosson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think the question was about importing rather than exporting select >> items from a Maya scene, and I got the impression it was on the heavy side >> as well. >> >> Modifying the Maya ascii files is indeed conventionally considered a >> black-magic approach, but they do follow a strict, easy to understand and >> consistent layout. I've had much luck modifying and generating it in the >> past, mainly for managing references, and would recommend getting your head >> around it. >> >> For reference, the ascii format is laid out into four steps. >> >> 1. Header, with versioning and references >> 2. Creating nodes >> 3. Connecting nodes >> 4. Setting attributes >> >> Any and all of these can be modified without heading into Maya. It's a >> convenience not many programs share, can only think of Nuke at the moment, >> and one that provides great power. >> >> >> On 2 April 2014 19:39, Justin Israel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> +1 to Fredrik's suggestion of loading it in a headless Maya standalone >>> to export what you want. That way your process doesn't have to rely on >>> parsing the scene file format and making assumptions. >>> On Apr 3, 2014 4:15 AM, "Tuan Nguyen" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> To Fredrik >>>> Yeah, i'm working on mayapy too, much easier, and safe than re-creating >>>> node. 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