Scripting Crosswalk for Softimage

You can script the export and import of Crosswalk files. The procedure is different depending on whether you are using dotXSI and COLLADA or FBX.

dotXSI and COLLADA

You can script the export and import of dotXSI and COLLADA files using the ExportCrosswalk and ImportCrosswalk commands. To create the options, you use CreateExportCrosswalkOptions and CreateImportCrosswalkOptions. You can use these commands to run batch scripts in one of the compatible scripting languages (VBScript, JScript, PerlScript, and Python ActiveX)

Exporting

CreateExportCrosswalkOptions , "ExportCrosswalkOptions"
SetValue "ExportCrosswalkOptions.Filename", "C:/temp/test"
SetValue "ExportCrosswalkOptions.Format", 3
ExportCrosswalk "ExportCrosswalkOptions"

Importing

CreateImportCrosswalkOptions , "ImportCrosswalkOptions"
SetValue "ImportCrosswalkOptions.Filename", "C:/temp/test.xsi"
ImportCrosswalk "ImportCrosswalkOptions"

FBX

Crosswalk for Softimage includes the Softimage FBX plugin. You can script the export and import of FBX files using the FBX batch processing commands.

Batch Processing Commands

The FBX import and export dialog box options are not directly available from the command line but, since they are stored, you can get and set them using their equivalent batch processing commands. You can use these commands to run batch scripts in one of the compatible scripting languages (VBScript, JScript, PerlScript, and Python ActiveX).

Command	Description
FBXExport	Exports an FBX file. See Exporting FBX.
FBXExportAutomaticUnit	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportUnit	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportSelection	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportGeometries	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportShapes	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportSkins	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportCameras	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportLights	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportEmbedMedias	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportConvert2Tif	No longer supported.
FBXExportAnimation	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportFrameRate	Sets the resampling rate. If not specified, the scene's frame rate is used.
FBXExportKeepXSIEffectors	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportDeformerAsSkeleton	Ensures the proper tagging and export of any supported object that is being used as an envelope deformer. Enables FBX to XNA compatibility. See Export FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXExportCacheFile	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box
FBXExportGroupAsCache	See Export FBX Options Dialog Box
FBXImport	Imports an FBX file. See Importing FBX.
FBXImportAutomaticUnit	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXImportUnit	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box...
FBXImportMode	See Load Options.
FBXImportCameras	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXImportLights	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXImportAnimation	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXImportProtectExprDrivenFC	Keeps any expression-driven animation when merging back your scene.
FBXImportSkeletonsAsNulls	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXImportKeepXSIEffectors	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXImportSetEnvelopes	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXImportForceNormEnvelope	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXImportNamespaceReplacement	Sets the namespace string to be replaced during import.
FBXImportCacheFile	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box.
FBXImportFillTimeline	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box
FBXImportFrameRate	See Import FBX Options Dialog Box