Import FBX/ABC files using PYMXS

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:42:27 GMT

I'm fairly new to 3ds MAX and from what I can gather there is a way to import FBX files from the main 3ds MAX program itself. I was just wondering if there was any way to write a script (using pymxs) to do the same thing. Moreover, I was wondering if I could do the same thing with ABC files

TL;DR : Is there a way to import FPX and ABC files using a pymxs script

Thanks!

Re: Import FBX/ABC files using PYMXS

xxshirzadxx — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:12:10 GMT

Yes! you can import any type of object with pymxs.

You have to set properties for the importer documented here (in this script I set two properties of the FBX importer | Skin and Animation) then import it to the scene by importFile. Importing ABC files also have the same process.

from PySide2 import QtCore from PySide2 import QtGui from PySide2 import QtWidgets from PySide2.QtWidgets import QCheckBox, QLineEdit, QFileDialog, QSpacerItem import qtmax from pymxs import runtime as mxs class PyMaxDockWidget(QtWidgets.QDockWidget): def __init__(self, parent=None): super(PyMaxDockWidget, self).__init__(parent) self.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.Tool) self.setWindowTitle('Python FBX Importer') self.variables() self.initUI() self.setAttribute(QtCore.Qt.WA_DeleteOnClose) def initUI(self): main_layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout() path_layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout() self.skin_check = QtWidgets.QCheckBox("Skin", self) main_layout.addWidget(self.skin_check) self.anim_check = QtWidgets.QCheckBox("Animation", self) main_layout.addWidget(self.anim_check) self.path_string = QtWidgets.QLineEdit(self) self.path_string.setReadOnly(True) path_layout.addWidget(self.path_string) self.path_btn = QtWidgets.QPushButton("...") self.path_btn.setMaximumWidth(24) path_layout.addWidget(self.path_btn) v_widget = QtWidgets.QWidget() v_widget.setLayout(path_layout) main_layout.addWidget(v_widget) self.import_btn = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Import") main_layout.addWidget(self.import_btn) widget = QtWidgets.QWidget() widget.setLayout(main_layout) self.setWidget(widget) self.path_btn.clicked.connect(self.set_path) self.import_btn.clicked.connect(self.import_FBX) def import_FBX(self): if (self.file_path): self.FBX_import(self.file_path, self.skin_check.isChecked(), self.anim_check.isChecked()) else: print("select a file") def FBX_import(self, path, skin, animation): mxs.FBXExporterSetParam("Mode", mxs.readvalue(mxs.StringStream('#create'))) mxs.FBXExporterSetParam("Skin", skin) mxs.FBXExporterSetParam("Animation", animation) mxs.importFile(path, mxs.readvalue(mxs.StringStream('#noPrompt'))) def set_path(self): print("pressed") fname = list(QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(self, 'Open file', filter="*.fbx")) if fname: print(fname[0]) self.file_path = fname[0] self.path_string.setText(fname[0]) def variables(self): self.file_path = None def main(): main_window = qtmax.GetQMaxMainWindow() w = PyMaxDockWidget(parent=main_window) w.setFloating(False) w.show() if __name__ == '__main__': main()

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