Automating the import of models

[walterj]

Hi, 

I'm building a script to automate the extraction of assets out of Maya.  There are about 60+ assets currently and I would like to automatically tell stingray to import these assets.  I notice that there is a communication pipe to send sommands, but it is not clear what commands I should send to get stingray to import the asset.  

Thanks,

Jason

[dan.matlack]

Hi Jason,

Importing of assets into Stingray is handled by bringing in an FBX file. The dcc tools can communicate this via the plugins for both Max and Maya. Is there a specific area you need help in? How/why are you automating the process? You can always just click 'send to Stingray' and the models will be imported. Do you need more functionality than that?

[walterj · Accepted solution]

After offline discussion with Dan, we determined that we could use the command exposed in the Send to Stingray to automate the export of data.  I required everything be handled via a script because Maya is invoked as a batch process.