Thanks Josh, but that doesnt work either, its querying the RenderSetup Widget Configuration. What im asking is to be notified of the render layer name when it is actually being rendered in batch process, therefore, independent from the main thread and GUI. This is kind of a very specific geeky question. Im having a bad time looking for answers as there apparently isnt a proper documentation about the mel scripts options in the render options tabs.
Just to explain a little bit more: the reason why it must be done via a preRenderLayerMel script in the render options tabs is because those are callbacks called by the rendering process at the moment of effectively proceeding the render (be it the layer, in pre/post, each frame in pre/post or the whole rendering process). I dont want to query the RenderSetup or the Legacy Render Layer system is this is the Configuration you have just set up BEFORE starting to render.... The render layer name (among other layer parameters) must be able to be queried from the render options tabs pre/post RenderLayer Mel since this is a script that is called when starting/finishing to process each render layer! It just must be available somehow. Either there is a huge lack of documentation about the render options, or it is explained in a very hidden spot. Im guessing the first one! El lun., 14 ene. 2019 a las 20:47, Josh Carey (<vfxcrea...@gmail.com>) escribió: > this may or may not operate the same as the globals query, but worth a > shot in your case. > > import maya.app.renderSetup.model.renderSetup as renderSetup > rs = renderSetup.instance() > layer = rs.getVisibleRenderLayer() > # you can do all sorts of stuff/queries on the layer now... > layer.name() # name of the layer > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 2:41 AM Juan Cristóbal Quesada < > juan.cristobal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Im trying to retrieve the current layer being rendered in a batch >> render process within an interactive maya session. >> >> currently im trying to do it like this: >> >> string $current_render_layer = `editRenderLayerGlobals -q >> -currentRenderLayer`; >> >> And im setting this code as a mel script in the render options tab, as >> "pre" script for preRenderLayerMel. >> >> When i launch the batch render im getting among other things the frame >> number being rendered but i keep getting >> >> the same render layer name when rendering two different ones. >> >> Im guessing this code is not actually querying the batch render process, >> but the Maya GUI tab. >> >> So my question is: how can i retrieve the current render layer that is >> being rendered? Maybe there is another Maya API command that im not >> aware of, or maybe in the render options scripts there are already some >> global variables built in and the render layer would be one of those... >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/1f4ed9b7-151b-f4cf-9a55-2eeade4eb98e%40gmail.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > Josh Carey > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAA_9eyoprin_qHDFSk62xTey6GDMf%2BGfEy8BJKwyvHyXh8Z7cA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAA_9eyoprin_qHDFSk62xTey6GDMf%2BGfEy8BJKwyvHyXh8Z7cA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CANOg8wWypYt5yGCJ-dyiRx5euZPuTiGS1x1%3DA75j%3DBJ35b56pw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
