Re: [Maya-Python] get scene data python

2018-02-09 Thread AK Eric
Revive this old thread: I tried using the mayabinary module, and, I'm getting no love, just running the built in example. It seems like the mayabinary reader actually expects an *iff *(image) file instead. > python mayabinary.py metaTest.mb > ValueError: The file "C:\temp\maya\metaTest.mb" is

Re: [Maya-Python] get scene data python

2018-02-09 Thread Justin Israel
On Sat, Feb 10, 2018, 8:15 AM AK Eric wrote: > Revive this old thread: I tried using the mayabinary module, and, I'm > getting no love, just running the built in example. It seems like the > mayabinary reader actually expects an *iff *(image) file instead. > > > python

Re: [Maya-Python] get scene data python

2018-02-09 Thread AK Eric
Thanks, I'll take a look at that too. I'm on 2016, so yah, maybe the file format has changed since then. This is actually related to another issue, I'll start a new thread for it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk

Re: [Maya-Python] get scene data python

2018-02-09 Thread Marcus Ottosson
I updated what I think is a flavour of mayabinary.py a while ago, though it's very rudimentary still. https://github.com/mottosso/maya-scenefile-parser On 9 February 2018 at 20:30, Justin Israel wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 10, 2018, 8:15 AM AK Eric

[Maya-Python] Tagging MB files with metadata

2018-02-09 Thread AK Eric
It would be of great use if I could (somehow) tag mb files with metadata that could be read at system level, never having to open the mb itself in Maya. I already have a solution that will save out a json/xml next to the file whenever the users saves, with queryable info. But this is lossy,