[Plugin] Export Batch DAE

TIG

Quick Newbie question -Can't find an answer with multiple searches, so I guess I have to ask, what does DEA refer to?

"DEA" is an unknown file type!
I suspect you meant "DAE" [as in this exporter] which is the Collada file format [developed by Sony Computer Entertainment and the Khronos Group]; it is short for "digital asset exchange", it's an 'xml' format; it's now widely used for 3d data transfer - similar to DXF - it is also very similar to Google Earth's own .kmz file-format etc.

Roidsan

Thank you TIG for the answer AND your patience.

TIG

That's OK, I suffer fools gladly, as I am one on occasion!

davdup

Hi TIG,
Thanks a lot for all your plugins!
I managed to adapt this one to be able to batch export skps into OBJ files, but I still have to clic "OK" on the "OBJ Export Results" popup to move to the next file, which is a little bit annoying for a batch process!
And of course I don't know how to code this to do it automatically... could you or anyone else help me? Thanks!

David

TIG

@davdup said:

Hi TIG,
Thanks a lot for all your plugins!
I managed to adapt this one to be able to batch export skps into OBJ files, but I still have to click "OK" on the "OBJ Export Results" popup to move to the next file, which is a little bit annoying for a batch process!
And of course I don't know how to code this to do it automatically... could you or anyone else help me? Thanks!

David
IF you had posted your script we might be better able to see where it needs fixing !
However, using my super-powers of clairvoyance I suspect that you need code along these lines...
model.export(objpath, **false**)
which might help - the second argument controls the appearance of the prompt in all exports other than DAE, which can take an 'options-hash' - OBJ can't take a 'hash' [it uses Sketchup's 'current-settings'] - so if you pass a 'hash' the exporter sees it as just 'true', and so it pops up the report each time !

davdup

Here is the script!
model.export function already has a second argument... perhaps changing the last two variables (double_precision, vertex_normals) or adding a new one can help?

OBJ batch export script, adapted from TIG's DAE export script

TIG

You missed my point entirely.
You can't pass an 'options-hash' to the exporter... UNLESS it's exporting a DAE file.
All of your code/dialog about getting settings for the OBJ is wasted.
The OBJ exporter always uses the last used Sketchup OBJ export options.
Your code won't affect those and is a waste of time/effort.
What it does do is pass 'something' other than 'false' to the exporter, which it then interprets as 'true', so the 'report' dialog pops up each time !
The settings in the hash are simply ignored !
Its easier than you've made it - just use
opts=false
it will work without the reports interrupting BUT you need to have the OBJ options set first.

davdup

Oh I just realized this digging into the Sketchup API reference!
So no hash for exports except DAEs. I simply replaced the "opts" parameter with "False" and everything works fine... You just have to set the OBJ export parameters right before running the script.
Anyway, thanks a lot again! This will save me a lot of clics!

I attached the "revised" cleaned up script if anyone needs it!

David

Batch OBJ export script

riberholt

I'm looking for a script that will batch convert files from 3ds to dae format using sketchup.

I have found this script in an old thread

#convert skp to obj
#every thumb is putted in a created dir with name of related skp model's name
#skppath is the residence of skpfiles

require 'sketchup.rb' 
if(not file_loaded?("skp2obj.rb")) 
    plugins_menu = UI.menu("Plugins") 
    plugins_menu.add_item("skp2obj") {file_export} 
end 
file_loaded("skp2obj.rb") 


def file_export 

#skp file path
#beware the end "/" e.g. skppath ="c;\skp"
skppath ="C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/"

#open dir and loop all skps
dir = Dir.open(skppath)
begin
  dir.each {|x|
       next if x !~ /\.skp$/i 
       x = "#{x}"
       sourcefile = skppath+x
       x = x[0,x.length-4]
       destdir = skppath + x + "/"
       destfile = destdir + x +".obj"

         #mak dir
       Dir.mkdir(destdir)
       
       #open modle file
       Sketchup.file_new
         status = Sketchup.open_file sourcefile
         if (!status) 
           UI.messagebox "error; " + sourcefile
      end
      
      #export obj
         status = Sketchup.active_model.export destfile
         if (!status) 
           UI.messagebox "error; " + sourcefile
      end
    }
ensure
  dir.close
end

    UI.messagebox "Finished" 
end


and tried to modify it to import and export
#convert skp to dae
#every thumb is putted in a created dir with name of related skp model's name
#skppath is the residence of skpfiles

require 'sketchup.rb' 
if(not file_loaded?("3ds2dae.rb")) 
    plugins_menu = UI.menu("Plugins") 
    plugins_menu.add_item("3ds2dae") {file_export} 
end 
file_loaded("3ds2dae.rb") 


def file_export 

#skp file path
#beware the end "/" e.g. skppath ="i;/skp/skptest/model/error/"
skppath ="C;/skp/"

#open dir and loop all skps
dir = Dir.open(skppath)
begin
  dir.each {|x|
       next if x !~ /\.skp$/i 
       x = "#{x}"
       sourcefile = skppath+x
       x = x[0,x.length-4]
       destdir = skppath + x + "/"
       destfile = destdir + x +".dae"

         #make dir
       Dir.mkdir(destdir)
       
       #open model file
       Sketchup.file_new
         status = model.import sourcefile
         if (!status) 
           UI.messagebox "error; " + sourcefile
      end
      
      #export dae
         status = Sketchup.active_model.export destfile
         if (!status) 
           UI.messagebox "error; " + sourcefile
      end
    }
ensure
  dir.close
end

    UI.messagebox "Finished" 
end

But it seems my RubyFU is not strong enough. Any help would be appreciated.

TIG

I think this will only work on pro..

<span class="syntaxdefault">require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'sketchup.rb'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">module TIG<br />def self</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">makeDAEfrom3DS</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">()<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />  view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_view<br />  cam</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">camera<br />  eye</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">cam</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">eye<br />  target</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">cam</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">target<br />  up</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">cam</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">up<br />  import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">openpanel</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Select 3DS File..."</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Dir</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pwd</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">".3ds"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  return nil unless import </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">&&</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">extname</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">downcase</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxstring">".3ds"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">tr</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">!(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"\\"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"/"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  dir</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dirname</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  dae</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">basename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">".*"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)+</span><span class="syntaxstring">".dae"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  export</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dir</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> dae</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  puts import<br />  puts </span><span class="syntaxstring">"TO"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  puts export<br /> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">start_operation</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"makeDAEfrom3DS"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">entities<br />  ents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">clear</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">!<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">definitions</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">purge_unused<br />  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">materials</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">purge_unused<br />  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">layers</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">purge_unused<br />  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">styles</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">purge_unused<br />  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> false</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">select_tool</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">nil</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  tr</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Geom</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Transformation</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.new(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_entities</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_instance</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">definitions</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">],</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> tr</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">export</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">export</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> false</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"editUndo;"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"editUndo;"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"editUndo;"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">camera</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">set</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">eye</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> target</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> up</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault"> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">abort_operation<br />end</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#method<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#module &nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"></span>

Usage: open a SKP and in the Ruby Console type [or copy+paste] TIG.makeDAEfrom3DS + <enter>. Choose the 3DS file + OK. The SKP's contents are 'removed temporarily', and the 3DS is then imported, it is then exported as a DAE file with the same location, name etc, but with a .dae suffix, the SKP's contents and view are restored on completion. The current 3DS import and DAE export settings are used. You can expand this to use a custom settings-hash, or process files in a batch form without the dialogs etc...

glro

@tig said:

...
Select one SKP from a folder of SKPs to be exported, then OK.

would it be possible to export all skp files in a folder AND subfolders?

TIG

Of course... with the right code...

TIG

@rasmusl said:

Dear TIG

Sorry, I am completely new to this and I am looking for a batch conversion of 3ds to dae.
I see that you have already the batch export from skp to dae and I guess that the below code would do the trick. However I am completly incapable of joining the information into something that works. May I kindly ask you to do this? I will be super grateful if you will help me.

Is it possible to modify this script to batch import 3ds files instead of skp and export to dae? (and how?)

Reason for asking is that I have more than 1000 3ds files that I need in 3rd party software and I need to have the sketchup version of dae.

I posted some example code that does [could do] exactly this... it's in another post from earlier today... do a Search...

RasmusL

Dear TIG

Sorry, I am completely new to this and I am looking for a batch conversion of 3ds to dae.
I see that you have already the batch export from skp to dae and I guess that the above code would do the trick. However I am completly incapable of joining the information into something that works. May I kindly ask you to do this? I will be super grateful if you will help me.

Is it possible to modify this script to batch import 3ds files instead of skp and export to dae? (and how?)

Reason for asking is that I have more than 1000 3ds files that I need in 3rd party software and I need to have the sketchup version of dae.

RasmusL

I think it is in this topic, from 4:32 today?

I tried it, but how do I get it to loop through all the 3ds files like a batch.

TIG

@rasmusl said:

I think it is in this topic, from 4:32 today?

I tried it, but how do I get it to loop through all the 3ds files like a batch.

Get the user to choose one 3DS file in the folder.
Currently the code uses the returned file path.
BUT let's say we have the returned
filepath=UI.openpanel(...)
From that you can find
folder=File.dirname(filepath)
[There's currently no API UI.getfolder() method... ]
From the folder you can find all of the 3DS files...
There are several ways, e.g...
files=[] Dir.entries(folder).each{|f|files << File.join(folder,f) if File.extname(f).downcase==".3ds"}
Now we have an array of all 3ds files in that folder...
Each array element is a full path...
Use a 'batch' process like this...
` files.each{|file|

ALL OF THE CODE TO IMPORT/EXPORT '3ds file' GOES HERE...

}`
Unless you want to pay to have a properly written script I'll leave it there...
Hint: to process files in subfolders do something similar to the above but this time make a list of all folders in the 'selected' folder, then iterate through the contents of each of those in turn, adding any 3ds files to the array for the ultimate batch processing

Please be wary - I have typed this from memory, so it's untested...

glro

@tig said:

Of course... with the right code...

OK... i'll keep working on it then.

My question is linked to ae snapshot plugin, when it is used to collect informations about all skp files on the hard drive, create a thumbnail and a file shortcut in a specified folder.

I adapted Jim FOLTZ's code to open each skp file in a folder, zoom out and save, so when it is saved, aesnapshot creates automatically the thumbnail and the file shortcut


model = Sketchup.active_model # Open model
entities = model.entities # All entities in model
selection = model.selection # Current selection


#choose a file
skppath = UI.openpanel "choose a file","*.skp"
skppath = File.dirname(skppath)
skppath = skppath.tr("\\","/")
skppath = skppath + "/"
	  
#skppath ="C;/recap_skp/"
#open dir and loop all skps
dir = Dir.open(skppath)
begin
  dir.each {|x|
       next if x !~ /\.skp$/i
       x = "#{x}"
       sourcefile = skppath+x
       x = x[0,x.length-4]

#prompt between files
        prompt2 = UI.messagebox("registering #{sourcefile} ?",MB_OKCANCEL) 
			if prompt2 ==2
			fail
			end
 
              #open model file                 
       Sketchup.file_new
         status = Sketchup.open_file sourcefile

      #zoom out

      view = Sketchup.active_model.active_view
       new_view = view.zoom_extents
      #save
      status = model.save sourcefile 
   
    }
      
ensure
  dir.close
end

    UI.messagebox "Finished"

I am not sure about the necessity of the prompt between the files register

TIG

I expect that the prompt is a device to get the view zoomed before doing the export, otherwise you might find it's exported before the zoom is finished ?

glro

@tig said:

I expect that the prompt is a device to get the view zoomed before doing the export, otherwise you might find it's exported before the zoom is finished ?

yes

maybe a timer would be enough, so it would not be necessary to wait and click for each file

TIG

model.options["PageOptions"]["ShowTransition"] = false
might help...
OR this entire thing as an example ?

<span class="syntaxdefault">def scenes2images</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">()<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />  view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_view<br />  width</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">vpwidth</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_int<br />  height</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">vpheight</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_int<br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment">### you can change the width/height away from the default if you desire<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  pages</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pages<br />  pages_times</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=[]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  pages</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">page</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pages_times</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">push</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">([</span><span class="syntaxdefault">page</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">page</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transition_time</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">])<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    page</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transition_time</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0.0 </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment">### remembers pages' transition times and sets them all to 0<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  filepath</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dirname</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">path</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)+</span><span class="syntaxstring">"\\"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">upto</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pages</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">count</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">-</span><span class="syntaxdefault">1</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)do|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">images</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxcomment">### this msgbox pauses and lets each view refresh and the image process...<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">messagebox</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Exporting Image of Scene..."</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">write_image</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"#{filepath+pages.selected_page.name}.jpg"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">width</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">height</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">true</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"pageNext;"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#loop<br />### reset pages' transition times<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  pages_times</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|array|array[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">].</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transition_time</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=array[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">1</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">messagebox</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Scenes' Image Exporting - Completed."</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#def<br />&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"></span>