https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-programming-forum/alembic-export-mel-script-syntax-error/m-p/11958826#M1098 <P>// export alembic ANIM body<BR />// get time<BR />int $startTimes = `playbackOptions -q -aet`;<BR />int $endTimes = `playbackOptions -q -ast`;<BR />// get path and filename<BR />string $path = `file -q -sn`;<BR />string $basename = basename($path, ".mb");<BR />string $tkn[];<BR />tokenize $path "/" $tkn;<BR />int $tks = `size($tkn)`;<BR />string $furCachePath = $tkn[2];<BR /><BR />AbcExport -j "-frameRange $startTimes $endTimes -step 0.5 -uvWrite -writeFaceSets -writeVisibility -writeUVSets -dataFormat ogawa -root |Rippy_hrc|body -file ("R:/Maya/RED_" + $seqName + "_VFX/RED_" + $seqName + "_" + $shotName + "/Cache/alembic/" + $seqName + "_" + $shotName + "_FUR_001.abc")";<BR /><BR />// Error: Line 1.176: Syntax error<BR />I can't figure it out.<BR /><BR />The import works fine in the same format coding just don't know how to deal the quotations in the alembic export code and how it messes up the path and name.</P> Fri, 12 May 2023 05:37:45 GMT magillaGuerilla 2023-05-12T05:37:45Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-programming-forum/alembic-export-mel-script-syntax-error/m-p/11958826#M1098 <P>// export alembic ANIM body<BR />// get time<BR />int $startTimes = `playbackOptions -q -aet`;<BR />int $endTimes = `playbackOptions -q -ast`;<BR />// get path and filename<BR />string $path = `file -q -sn`;<BR />string $basename = basename($path, ".mb");<BR />string $tkn[];<BR />tokenize $path "/" $tkn;<BR />int $tks = `size($tkn)`;<BR />string $furCachePath = $tkn[2];<BR /><BR />AbcExport -j "-frameRange $startTimes $endTimes -step 0.5 -uvWrite -writeFaceSets -writeVisibility -writeUVSets -dataFormat ogawa -root |Rippy_hrc|body -file ("R:/Maya/RED_" + $seqName + "_VFX/RED_" + $seqName + "_" + $shotName + "/Cache/alembic/" + $seqName + "_" + $shotName + "_FUR_001.abc")";<BR /><BR />// Error: Line 1.176: Syntax error<BR />I can't figure it out.<BR /><BR />The import works fine in the same format coding just don't know how to deal the quotations in the alembic export code and how it messes up the path and name.</P> Fri, 12 May 2023 05:37:45 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-programming-forum/alembic-export-mel-script-syntax-error/m-p/11958826#M1098 magillaGuerilla 2023-05-12T05:37:45Z