Hello Moritz ,
Thank you for contacting us regarding these issues you are having.
Regarding the FBXExportShowUI and docs issue:
In the 2009.1 version of the FBX plugin for Maya this command is included but cannot be used. It was kept to insure compatibility with scripts that may have been written by users using the 2006.11.2 or earlier versions of the FBX plugin. This is the reason why its not in the docs.
In the 2009.1 version of the FBX plugin, using a script or a command like FBXExport will automatically hide the UI. The UI can only be seen when doing an export from Maya’s UI.
There is a bug related to the Warning manager still popping up even though you are exporting via a script . This issue has been fixed and should be in the next release of the FBX plugin.
Please let me know if this answers your question or if you have further issues related to this.
Regarding the issue related to export selection:
This workflow is not very user friendly and we know it. We are planning to include new functionality to help users with the export selection workflow but we want to do it right and so I apologize for the wait.
What I can provide for the time being is a script we developed to facilitate the export selection process. Here is how it works.
Attached to this email are two files.
• Copy the expSelection.mel file in the following folder
“C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2008\scripts\startup” (I am assuming you are using Maya 2008 on windows but it can be any version of Maya on Windows or Linux)
• Restart Maya
• In the mel.txt file you will find the Mel command for Windows and Linux versions of Maya. Copy the script in your Maya command line.
• Select the object you wish to export selected and run the script
The script currently exports two files to a temp folder on your c drive. One is a temporary Maya file and one is the FBX file containing your selected object. Feel free to modify the script to export the selected object to a different destination folder of your choice.
Please let me know if this helps or if you have any additional questions.
Thank you,
David Abitbol
Autodesk FBX
10317_6q3BvthgmD0tvLT4tq8n.zip