Python export from Console

[RobertHexter]

I'm a little puzzled,

I'm trying to run a simple export from the the console that will:
1) run the export script I have
2) log output to a file (I'm tired of going to the log window and manually having to tell it to save a log file to a specific location that i can read more comfortably in an IDE after each export)

Currently looks like this:

def export():
    """
    Initiate an export
    Use the script export settings
    """
    settings = ScriptExportModelSettings()
    
    settings.getMiscOptionsBatchBehavior("OVERWRITE")
    settings.setMiscOptionsWriteExportLog(True) 
    
    
    settings.setMiscOptionsScript("exportInstances.py")

    ce.export(ce.selection(), settings, False )

If I comment out, settings.setMiscOptionsWriteExportLog(True) and  settings.getMiscOptionsBatchBehavior("OVERWRITE") ,
it all springs into life and runs the export. Great! (It exports a text File that of instance locations as per your examples)

If they are there, nothing happens..

So:
1) this is confusing behaviour?
2) how do i specify where a log file is to be dumped?
3) where is a log file dumped if nothing is specified? (I guess the default is next to whereever the output from the export is, but its unclear since this is a script based export)

[MatthiasBuehler1]

hi

the log is created in the export dir.

if nothing happens, there's propably an error going on.

can you check the 'Log Window', if an error (red cross) is thrown ? If so, double click the error to open the stack trace.


let me know.

[RobertHexter]

Okay I realised the error of my python ways...

settings.getMiscOptionsBatchBehavior("OVERWRITE")

should have been

settings.setMiscOptionsBatchBehavior("OVERWRITE")

thanks for the response!

[MatthiasBuehler1]

oooh, that's a tricky one to find .. 😉