FBX Importer Plugin ID Please..

On 21/06/2014 at 03:18, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   R14 
Platform:   Windows  ;   
Language(s) :     C++  ;   PYTHON  ;

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Can anybody tell me what the ID is for the FBX importer or how to find it?

I know the ID for FBX exporter is 1026370, but can`t find a reference to the importer anywhere..

On 21/06/2014 at 04:18, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I`m using python atm but i think this applies to either:

Managed to get the FBX Importer by stepping down 1 from the Exporter ID ( which is 1026370 ).

But the way to access it seems a bit unexpected and a bit of guesswork involved.  There have been a couple of threads on here about changing Export settings and i`ve adapted the code for import as follows:

plug = plugins.FindPlugin(1026369, c4d.PLUGINTYPE_SCENELOADER)
        if plug is None:
            print "no plugin found"
            return
        print "plugin found"
        op = {}
        # Send MSG_RETRIEVEPRIVATEDATA to FBX export plugin
        if plug.Message(c4d.MSG_RETRIEVEPRIVATEDATA, op) :
            if "imexporter" not in op:
                print "no loader found"
                return
            print "loader found"
            # BaseList2D object stored in "imexporter" key hold the settings
            fbxImport = op["imexporter"]
            if fbxImport is None:
                print "no importer found"
                return
            print "importer found"
            
            print "setting = "+str(fbxImport[c4d.FBXIMPORT_SCALE])
            
            fbxImport[c4d.FBXIMPORT_ANIMATION] = True
            fbxImport[c4d.FBXIMPORT_SCALE] = 100
  
	file = documents.MergeDocument(doc, "C://MyFile.fbx", c4d.SCENEFILTER_OBJECTS | c4d.SCENEFILTER_MATERIALS)

The FBXIMPORT_ANIMATION setting allows me to change the animation setting from true to false, and this is reflected in the FBX Import settings in preferences..  However it doesn`t seem to have any impact on my plugins import which ignores animation regardless..

The FBXIMPORT_SCALE also has no effect although im guessing with that one that its a number.

Anybody tried this at all?

On 23/06/2014 at 01:32, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Using the above i`ve tried changing the MergeDocument to LoadDocument and also with and without the SCENEFILTER_MERGESCENE flag with mixed results..

Im a bit confused now as ive tried too many different combo`s of the above  But i think the general idea is that setting the importer properties as per the above only affects import when bringing in an FBX via File->Open..

Be interested to know exactly how the FBXIMPORT_SCALE works internally.  Importing some FBX i have noticed the default viewport view will encompass the scene, but the scene scale settings will change to accommodate that - for example import then create a Cube, the default cube size will have changed from 200cm to 20000cm or some other value.

Would be useful to hear any input from others on this.  I`m basically just trying to create a one-click FBX importer which has custom settings.

On 23/06/2014 at 14:19, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Apparently my code throws an error in R15.  I`m using R14 so might have a look at the newer docs for that..