Creating MetaData in maya

[Christopher Horvath]

Hey folks,

how do I create information on an object (a Group) in Maya to be exported as MetaData?  I basically need to add the following string/string pairs and have them be saved to the object meta data:

{"secondary_object_interpretation", "corkscrew"},

{"is_transposed", "true",

Thanks!

In code, I'd just do:

MetaData meta_data;

meta_data.set("secondary_object_interpretation", "corkscrew");

meta_data.set("is_transposed", "true");

AbcGeom::OXform xform_exporter{parent, "MyGroup", meta_data};

Thanks,
Chris

[Lucas Miller]

AbcExport currently doesn't have a mechanism/convention to do this.

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[Paul Winex]

This os my simple test.
https://gist.github.com/paulwinex/d9583fa6d486df7cdee9e19b64486f68

[Christopher Horvath]

Hey Lucas,

Would the strategy for meta-data-esque things then be to use a string property on the object instead?  Does Maya support property export for properties that are not geom params? Every time I make a property and specify it in the export dialog, it always gets turned into an .arbGeomParam, even when it is something like a single string.

Thanks!

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[Lucas Miller]

> Would the strategy for meta-data-esque things then be to use a string property on the object instead?

You would need a convention to differentiate extra meta data on the
object vs extra meta data for the property.
Maybe a string named METADATA would be added to the object, and a
string with the same name as your property but appended with _METADATA
would be for that property (propName_METADATA)

> Does Maya support property export for properties that are not geom params?

AbcExport has -u for specifying that the attr be written as a user
attr and not as an arb geom param.

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