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AverageRigger · 28-10-2020, 04:53 PM

Hello world!
I am currently experimenting with txt files inside maya. F.e.
"
1 sphere
2 cube
3 cylinder
4 cone
5 plane

"
The left column reflects a frame number and the right an objectname.
I want to read the file and interact with an object only for a specific frame. For example switching the visibility of an object on and off.

this is what i got so far:

fileHandle = open('c:\\text.txt', 'r' )
str1 = fileHandle.read()
fileHandle.close()
print str1

(This doesn't have to be written in Python. MEL is perfect aswell)
I know how to read the file and save it to an string but not how to navigate inside.
Perhaps someone is experienced enough to help

Thank you very

AverageRigger · 30-10-2020, 10:30 AM

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Perhaps someone is experienced enough to help
Thank you very
Originally Posted by AverageRigger View original post

After a short research i found the answer! If anyone else needs it

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/suppo...A7495-htm.html

This is the way!

28-10-2020, 04:53 PM	#1
AverageRigger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Posts: 7	Maya Script reading txt-file and interpret data Hello world! I am currently experimenting with txt files inside maya. F.e. " 1 sphere 2 cube 3 cylinder 4 cone 5 plane " The left column reflects a frame number and the right an objectname. I want to read the file and interact with an object only for a specific frame. For example switching the visibility of an object on and off. this is what i got so far: fileHandle = open('c:\\text.txt', 'r' ) str1 = fileHandle.read() fileHandle.close() print str1 (This doesn't have to be written in Python. MEL is perfect aswell) I know how to read the file and save it to an string but not how to navigate inside. Perhaps someone is experienced enough to help Thank you very
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