Blender Export Camera to Maya (.ma) script

#!BPY

# """
# Name: 'Camera Tracking (.ma)'
# Blender: 273
# Group: 'Export'
# Tip: 'Export camera tracking to Maya Ascii (for Shake, After Effects etc)'
# """

import bpy
import time
import math

#
# This operator exports the data from the active camera to a Maya ASCII .ma file.
# The resulting file can be used in a variety of software programs, including
# Autodesk Maya, Nothing Real/Apple Shake, Adobe After Effects and others.
#
# For Maya, you would think you could use FBX, but the camera is rotated the
# wrong way in Maya 2010. In Modo, it is also upside down. So until Blender's FBX
# export gets fixed, this is probably the only way to get correct matchmove
# data out of Blender.
#
# This is based on a script found on videocopilot.net, updated for Blender's new
# Python API, including support for menu integration.
#
# Author of the updated version: Peter Werner ([email protected]).
# This is provided as-is to the community, with no support given.
#
# The following bugs from the original script have been fixed:
#
#   - The number of keyframes is now written correctly (used to be hard-coded at 3),
#     which caused Maya to complain on import
#   - Now accounting for different coordinate axes and rotation behavior
#     between Blender and Maya
#
# Current limitations:
#
#   - Currently, there is no UI to select which camera to export
#     (or to export all of them)
#   - Apparently the resolution settings don't end up
#   - Playback range/FPS is not set (I thinks there is a playbackOptions MEl command)
#   - Maya gives an error that the .dar attribute does not exist.
#     This code is from the original script, so one would have to investigate this more
#   - When opening the file in Maya, the camera does not appear to be in the correct
#     position. You need to change the current frame for it to update.
#   - If you did matchmoving (camera tracking), you may have to bake/apply the constraint,
#     not sure since my computer is too slow for extensive testing with matchmoving.
#
class ExportCameraToMayaOperator( bpy.types.Operator ):

    bl_idname = "export.camera_to_maya"
    bl_label  = "Export Camera to Maya"
    filepath  = bpy.props.StringProperty( subtype="FILE_PATH" )

    @classmethod
    def poll( cls, context ):

        # We need a camera in the active scene
        return context.scene.camera != None


    def execute( self, context ):

        self.exportTracking( context, self.filepath )
        return { 'FINISHED' }


    def invoke( self, context, event ):

        context.window_manager.fileselect_add( self )
        return { 'RUNNING_MODAL' }


    def exportTracking( self, context, mafilename ):

        t = {}

        t[ 'header' ] = []
        t[ 'header' ].append( '//Maya ASCII scene\n//Name: camera.ma\n//Last modified: %s\n' % time.strftime( '%X %d/%m/%y' ) )
        t[ 'header' ].append( 'currentUnit -l centimeter -a degree -t film;\n' )

        # Save current frame so we can restore it later
        frameOriginal = context.scene.frame_current

        camObj = context.scene.camera
        camera = bpy.data.cameras[ bpy.context.scene.camera.name ]

        matrix = camObj.matrix_world

        t[ 'header' ].append( 'createNode transform -n "%s";\n' % camera.name )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".t" -type "double3" 0 0 0 ;\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr -av ".tx";\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr -av ".ty";\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr -av ".tz";\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".r" -type "double3" 0 0 0 ;\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr -av ".rx";\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr -av ".ry";\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( 'createNode camera -n "camera" -p "%s";\n' % camera.name )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr -k off ".v";\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".rnd" no;\n' )

        yRes = context.scene.render.resolution_y
        xRes = context.scene.render.resolution_x
        aspX = context.scene.render.pixel_aspect_x
        aspY = context.scene.render.pixel_aspect_y

        aspect = xRes * aspX / float( yRes * aspY )

        # if aspect > 1: x is constant, otherwise y constant
        # constant comes from fov equations: fov = 2 * atan(aspect * 16.0 / camera.lens), aperturey = tan(fov/2)*camera.lens*2/25.4
        # tracking seems to work better using 1.25, change as needed
        #c = 16.0*2/25.4
        c = 1.25
        aperturex = min( c, c * aspect )
        aperturey = min( c, c / aspect )

        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".cap" -type "double2" %s %s ;\n' % (aperturex,aperturey) )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".dar" %s;\n' % aspect )

        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".lsr" 1;\n' ) # lens squeeze ratio
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".ff" 0;\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".fl" %s;\n' % camera.lens ) # focal length
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".ncp" 0.01;\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".ow" 30;\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".imn" -type "string" "camera1";\n' )
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".den" -type "string" "camera1_depth";\n ')
        t[ 'header' ].append( '\tsetAttr ".man" -type "string" "camera1_mask";\n' )

        startFrame = context.scene.frame_start
        endFrame   = context.scene.frame_end
        numFrames  = endFrame + 1 - startFrame

        for p in [ 'translateX', 'translateY', 'translateZ', 'rotateX', 'rotateY', 'rotateZ' ]:
            t[ p ] = []
            t[ p ].append( 'createNode animCurveTL -n "%s_%s";\n' % ( camObj.name, p ) )
            t[ p ].append( '\tsetAttr ".tan" 10;\n' )
            t[ p ].append( '\tsetAttr ".wgt" no;\n' )
            # Fixed bug in the original script here -- this would always write out [0:3] instead of
            # the actual number of frames, causing Maya to report a file read error to the user
            t[ p ].append( '\tsetAttr -s 4 ".ktv[0:%s]" ' % ( numFrames - 1 ) )

        context.window_manager.progress_begin( startFrame, endFrame + 1 )

        for frame in range( startFrame, endFrame + 1 ):

            # Don't use "context.scene.frame_current = frame" here.
            # It works in the interactive python shell, but the animation
            # is not exported properly.
            context.scene.frame_set( frame )

            context.window_manager.progress_update( frame )

            translation = matrix.translation
            rotation    = matrix.to_euler()

            # Append transformations, taking Maya's different coordinate axis
            # orientation into account.
            # In Maya the positive y-axis is vertical up, in Blender positive y
            # moves into the screen. In Maya, negative z goes into the screen.

            t[ 'translateX' ].append( '%s %s ' % ( frame,   translation.x ) )
            t[ 'translateY' ].append( '%s %s ' % ( frame,   translation.z ) )
            t[ 'translateZ' ].append( '%s %s ' % ( frame, - translation.y ) )

            # A 0 rotation camera in Blender looks down, one in Maya looks
            # into the screen. In Blender, this means the camera points towards
            # negative Z, in Maya towards negative Y.
            # This means we need to rotate the Maya camera by -90 degrees in X
            # (pi/2 in radians) so that an untransformed camera will end up
            # oriented correctly.

            t[ 'rotateX' ].append( '%s %s ' % ( frame,   rotation.x  - math.pi / 2 ) )
            t[ 'rotateY' ].append( '%s %s ' % ( frame,   rotation.z ) )
            t[ 'rotateZ' ].append( '%s %s ' % ( frame, - rotation.y ) )

        # Restore the current frame to the original value
        context.scene.frame_current = frameOriginal

        context.window_manager.progress_end()

        t[ 'footer' ] = []
        t[ 'footer' ].append( 'connectAttr "%s_translateX.o" "%s.tx";\n' % ( camObj.name, camObj.name ) )
        t[ 'footer' ].append( 'connectAttr "%s_translateY.o" "%s.ty";\n' % ( camObj.name, camObj.name ) )
        t[ 'footer' ].append( 'connectAttr "%s_translateZ.o" "%s.tz";\n' % ( camObj.name, camObj.name ) )
        t[ 'footer' ].append( 'connectAttr "%s_rotateX.o" "%s.rx";\n'    % ( camObj.name, camObj.name ) )
        t[ 'footer' ].append( 'connectAttr "%s_rotateY.o" "%s.ry";\n'    % ( camObj.name, camObj.name ) )
        t[ 'footer' ].append( 'connectAttr "%s_rotateZ.o" "%s.rz";\n'    % ( camObj.name, camObj.name ) )
        t[ 'footer' ].append( 'connectAttr "%s_scaleX.o" "%s.sx";\n'     % ( camObj.name, camObj.name ) )
        t[ 'footer' ].append( 'connectAttr "%s_scaleY.o" "%s.sy";\n'     % ( camObj.name, camObj.name ) )
        t[ 'footer' ].append( 'connectAttr "%s_scaleZ.o" "%s.sz";\n'     % ( camObj.name, camObj.name ) )

        t[ 'footer' ].append( '\n// End of camera.ma\n' )


        if not mafilename.endswith( '.ma' ):
            mafilename += '.ma'

        mafile = open( mafilename, 'w' )

        for line in t[ 'header' ]:
            mafile.write(line)

        for p in [ 'translateX', 'translateY', 'translateZ', 'rotateX', 'rotateY', 'rotateZ' ]:
            for line in t[ p ]:
                mafile.write( line )
            mafile.write( ';\n' )

        for line in t[ 'footer' ]:
            mafile.write( line )


def menu_func( self, context ):
    self.layout.operator_context = 'INVOKE_DEFAULT'
    self.layout.operator( ExportCameraToMayaOperator.bl_idname, text="Camera to Maya (.ma)" )

def register():
    bpy.utils.register_class( ExportCameraToMayaOperator )
    # Append a menu item for our operator item to the file menu
    bpy.types.INFO_MT_file_export.append( menu_func )

def unregister():
    bpy.utils.unregister_class( ExportCameraToMayaOperator )

# Register the operator if the script is running directly (i.e. not
# being imported as a module)
if __name__ == "__main__":
    register()

    # Call our new operator when executing the script (use while debugging)
    #bpy.ops.export.camera_to_maya( 'INVOKE_DEFAULT' )