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Store persistent variable with flame project

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 14:22:59 GMT

Is there a way to store custom variables with the flame project?

I'm creating a pipeline tool and would like to store a variable to dictate which job a flame project is associated with. I've setup a mongo database so could store the ObjectId of the job with the current project. I suppose it would be similar to associating a flame project to a shotgun project. Something similar to maya's optionVar would be sufficient.

Cheers,

Mike

Re: Store persistent variable with flame project

fred.warren — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:29:39 GMT

Hello Mike,

The only "workaround" I could propose is to use the Project Nickname string for this. If you would like something more official, please submit an improvement request over at flamefeedback.autodesk.com

Please accept this as a solution if you feel your question has been answered.

fred

Re: Store persistent variable with flame project

james — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:41:24 GMT

Hi Fred,

Thanks a lot for your reply. I can't find any mention of nickname for a project in the python api:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/FLAME/2020/ENU/?guid=Flame_API_Python_API_autodesk_flame_python_api_html

It looks like I could set the shotgun_project_name (see here) which I suppose I could hijack even though its not a shotgun project, but its a shame I can't store arbitrary custom data with the scene. I'm not a flame user so I dont know, but can I create a hidden node and add custom attributes to that? (similar to how you could do it in Maya)