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    How to load a file with python and turn it into the active document ?

    Hi!

    I am a total beginner in python ... so this might be easy 🙂

    I am using C4D Release 20 and looking for a way to import files and then work with the files as if they where actually in my C4D Editor. With that I mean I want to work with those CallCommands etc. I know that´s not the pro way but... I am not a pro yet 😉 Down below you se the code so far.

    The issue now is that this line:

    c4d.documents.LoadDocument(sk_doc, loadflags = 0)

    ...does not really load the file into a state where I can work with it. At this point my editor still shows my empty "BaseDocument" and if I try to "GetActiveDocument" I get a FALSE boolean return. So for python I still have loaded nothing it seams.

    I allready tried all sorts of other "loading" methods as you can see here:

    https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_kjIM1Ko=/

    So somehow I think I need to get the loaded file out of some obscure hidden "position/state" into the state of the "ActiveDocument". So I added those lines here:

    c4d.documents.InsertBaseDocument(sk_doc)
            c4d.documents.SetActiveDocument(sk_doc)

    But with them I get a "TypeError: argument 1 must be c4d.documents.BaseDocument, not str"

    And I have no idea how to change the file URL into a "c4d.documents.BaseDocument"-Type...

    Any idea anybody?

    Thanks!

    Sascha

    import c4d
    import os
    from c4d import gui
    from c4d import documents
    
    # Main function
    def main():
    
        def tool():
            return c4d.plugins.FindPlugin(doc.GetAction(), c4d.PLUGINTYPE_TOOL)
    
        def object():
            return doc.GetActiveObject()
    
        def tag():
            return doc.GetActiveTag()
    
        def renderdata():
            return doc.GetActiveRenderData()
    
        def prefs(id):
            return c4d.plugins.FindPlugin(id, c4d.PLUGINTYPE_PREFS)
    
        # Set Variables for pathes with dialog
        c4d.gui.MessageDialog("Please select the folder with the BVH files.", type = 0)
        sk_sourcefolder = c4d.storage.LoadDialog(flags = 2)
        c4d.gui.MessageDialog("Please select the destination folder for the converted .c4d files.", type = 0)
        sk_exportfolder = c4d.storage.LoadDialog(flags = 2)
    
        # Listing and filtering all .bvh files in directory
        sk_filteredfiles = filter(lambda x: x.endswith(".bvh"), os.listdir(sk_sourcefolder))
    
        # Loop through selected directory
        for file in sk_filteredfiles:
    
            # Load and activate current project from list
            sk_doc = file
            print sk_doc
            c4d.documents.LoadDocument(sk_doc, loadflags = 0)
            c4d.documents.InsertBaseDocument(sk_doc)
            c4d.documents.SetActiveDocument(sk_doc)
    
            # Set Render Settings
            c4d.CallCommand(600000098) # Projectname_As_Rendername
            c4d.CallCommand(12161) # Edit Render Settings...
            renderdata()[c4d.RDATA_RENDERENGINE] = 300001061 # Use Hardware OpenGL
            renderdata()[c4d.RDATA_XRES] = 400 # X Render Resolution
            renderdata()[c4d.RDATA_YRES] = 400 # Y Render Resolution
            renderdata()[c4d.RDATA_FRAMERATE] = doc[c4d.DOCUMENT_FPS]
            renderdata()[c4d.RDATA_FRAMESEQUENCE] = 3 # Preview Range als Render Range
    
    ... much more but irrelevant code for the current issue...
    
    
    posted in General Talk •