Re: [Rendering/scripting] - camera override at render/save scene outside project directory

[Raffaele Scaduto-Mendola <raffaele(at)turbolinea.com>]

Hi Cornelius,

Yes, yes and yes.

1 - xsibatch -script will give you complete access to any XSI parameter 
through scripting. So you can basically start xsibatch, run your script 
to make sure everything is setup, and then as part of your script run a 
renderpass command + you get access to things like ActiveX Object 
component should you be tied to a sql database or need to do some 
FileSystem operations.
You should have full access to do so.

2 & 3, you can setup a publishing scheme where you can save out your 
scene outside the "provided" XSI/SoftImage directory structure. 
Unfortunately to run the save scene, you need to save it inside a xsi 
database. So what I do is create a localDataBase/user/system (so you 
have a backup in case hell breaks loose on your production), save your 
scene out and then copy your .scn (and .scntoc file) using the 
fileSystem Object to which ever location you might provide (through web 
browser or file directives).
Be aware, if you are using point baking, spring caching, etc... you will 
have to account for these extra files in your copy commands.

Cheers,
RSM.

Cornelius Porzig wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I’m trying to write a render submission script for XSI which sends 
> render jobs to Rush. At the moment I’m at a very early development 
> stage and (python) scripting in XSI is new ground for me.
>
> Currently I have basically 3 questions if my ideas can be achieved:
>
> - Is it possible to override the camera XSI is using at 
> batch-rendering? With a flag perhaps? Sometimes I have several cameras 
> in one scene and I don’t want to create different render passes for 
> all the cameras. I tried to change the camera in the SCNTOC-file, 
> however it seems, that this file is not evaluated prior rendering. Or 
> is duplicating the passes with a script, setting the camera, save the 
> scene for rendering and then deleting the new passes the way to go?
>
> - Can I save a scene for rendering as copy without messing with the 
> current working scene? E.g.: When I submit a scene for rendering, my 
> current scene is saved as copy at a different location under a new 
> name while preserving the current active scene name. At the moment I 
> store my current scene name in a variable, save the render-scene in 
> different location and then recall my initial scene name and save once 
> to have my old scene name at my old location back.
>
> - Is it possible to save scenes outside the project directory with the 
> help of scripting? Whenever I try this with a script, the file browser 
> opens. Can this behavior be overridden or am I doing something wrong?
>
> These are my questions for the moment and perhaps you can point me in 
> the right direction. Thanks in advance for your input!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Cornelius
>
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