Exporting selected object

Alessandro Mastronardi

DzExporter will export all the objects avaiable in the scene except the hidden ones. If I'd like to export only the primary selection, I could loop all the nodes and hide everything except the currently selected one. But I'd like to know if there is already an option or a way to do it in the SDK...

rbtwhiz

DAZ Studio > v4.x > Reference Guide > Scripting > API Reference > Samples > File Input/Output > Silent OBJ Export provides a sample script that will show you the logic and available settings for the Wavefront Object (OBJ) exporter. The same code could be translated to a C++ function, fairly easily.

Each exporter is responsible for providing its own settings. DAZ Studio > v4.x > Reference Guide > Scripting > API Reference > Samples > File Input/Output > Exporter Settings will allow you see what settings are available for a given exporter, if any.

-Rob

Alessandro Mastronardi

Hi Rob, I indeed had that sample already converted to C++, and after studying the options (which are the same "offered" buy the Studio interface export command), I realized that indeed there was not a way to export only the selected object.
That's why I decided to ask.

Alessandro Mastronardi

Darn me... I just took a closer look at the code and there is a:

// Do not limit export to selection - only available in 4.1.x
oSettings->setBoolValue( "SelectedOnly", false );

Sorry...

Tugpsx

yes, since these were added you should also add a version check to your script to ensure that older versions dont have conflict with unsupported terms.

Alessandro Mastronardi

Tugpsx said:

yes, since these were added you should also add a version check to your script to ensure that older versions dont have conflict with unsupported terms.

Thanks, will do that!