Customizing Export Options

[theeastcoastwest]

I'm trying to configure custom export settings directly through Maxscript and can't seem to understand how to apply them.

So far, I'm doing this:

-- Get INI Object
theINI = objexp.getIniName()

-- Edit INI Geometry -> FlipZyAxis Setting
setIniSetting theINI "Geometry" "FlipZyAxis" "0"

-- Select Objects to be Exported
select $mySceneObject

-- Export file
exportFile "export.obj" #noPrompt selectedOnly:true using:theINI

I question my use of the "using:theINI" settings argument, though omitting it produces the same result, as does my using the "using:ObjExp" convention.

I've very little experience with Maxscript, but was unable to find much help in the documentation.

I've read this post: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/possible-to-rename-custom-export-settings/m-p/7062507#M...

I realize that manually-updating the .ini file(s) relevant to this operation would be a fix, but that's not ideal for my use. 

My goal is to open a file, configure the objexp settings, and have the selected model exported using those settings. An alternative, which I also could find no documentation on, would be to load a custom .ini file and settings found there for the export.

Anyone have any experience with this?

[drew_avis · Accepted solution]

Hello, so I think the first problem is that the using: parameter expects an export filter, not the ini file.  So your code should be something like:

-- Export file
exportFile "export.obj" #noPrompt selectedOnly:true using:objExp

Also, the first time I tried setting the ini, it had not yet been created, so you might want to test and create it before you call the setIniSetting method.

Hope that helps,

Drew

[theeastcoastwest]

Drew,

I'm checking the local .ini file and it does seem that it's updating when settings are changed via MaxScript.

Turns out the problem was that I was specifying a preset to be loaded as such:

setIniSetting theINI "General" "Preset" "Blender"

I changed that value to "" and everything works fine! Silly mistake it would seem.

Thanks for the help.

[drew_avis]

Glad you were able to resolve it, and thank you for posting your solution, as that may help others with similar problems.

Drew