Hi Cris,
Not as such - I'm running it from the script editor within Soft.
But where I'm currently at is....
I've knocked up a script that will generate two scripts (1. .py and 1 .bat)
The first is the caching script which contains something like this:
(This gets saved as pointcloud1_batch.py)
sceneName = 'batchCaching_002.scn'
Application.OpenScene (sceneName , '', '')
Application.SetValue('PlayControl.Current', 1, '')
Application.CacheObjectsIntoFile('pointcloud1', 5, 1, 100, 1, True, False,
'Color,Force,Mass,NbSubSamples,Orientation,PointPosition,PointVelocity,Scale,Shape,SimulatedFrameFraction,Size,State_ID',
'AnimTake1' ,
'[project]\\Simulation\\[model]\\[object]\\[object]_AnimTake1_####.icecache',
False)
and the second is the batch script which looks something like this:
(This gets saved as pointcloud1_batch.bat)
@echo off
call 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013 SP1\Application\in\setenv.bat'
'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013 SP1\Application\in\XSIBatch.exe' %*
xsibatch -processing -script
\\place\folder\Gareth\batchcaching_project\Scripts\
<file://place/folder/Gareth/batchcaching_project/Scripts/pointcloud1_batch.py>
pointcloud1_batch.py
I'm then running this in the snippet editor:
import subprocess
subprocess.Popen
("\\\\place\\folder\Gareth\\batchcaching_project\\Scripts\\pointcloud1_batch.bat",
shell=False )
Which will open the command prompt and run the batch script. (oddly, it does
error but still gets the job done)
Ideally the plan is to then run this final snippet from inside the logic of a
custom property so that when you hit the button it creates all the above and
then launches the cmd prompt. But I'm still working that out.....
Hope this is of some use
G
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From: [email protected] on behalf of Cristobal Infante
Sent: Thu 06/12/2012 16:17
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Python: subprocess caching
Hi Gareth,
Did you get it working ? Would you mind posting an example?
thanks for the tip Raff!
Best,
Cris
On 6 December 2012 15:12, Gareth Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Raff,
That's awesome.
Forgive my ignorance but is it possible to run subprocess.Popen within
logic? As it is currently written it works outside of logic but not within it.
g
________________________________
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raffaele Fragapane
Sent: 06 December 2012 03:27
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Python: subprocess caching
The absolute dumbest way out of it is, in the same script, to copy the
siShell bat file, add a line at the end with xsibatch's call and parameters the
way you would manually call it in that shell, save it with a predetermined name
and location, then call Popen on that bat instead of the base one. Delete the
file once done.
Hard to get any more straightforward than that if you have no
particular needs other than launching a bat.
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Cristobal Infante <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi guys,
I would like to make python script that will:
- call the command prompt.
- cache a given scene, without opening the softimage gui.
I know I can run: xsi -script cache.py, so that takes care of the
events inside soft.
But how do I call the subprocess so it receives this commands? (xsi
-script)
import subprocess
proc = subprocess.Popen ("C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Softimage 2013
SP1/Application/bin/SIShell.bat", shell=False )
# this just opens the command prompt
Any idea?
Cheers,
Cris
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