Example #1
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MStatus replaceDagObject(MObject & oldObject, MObject & newObject,
            const MString & name)
{
    MStatus status;
    MFnDagNode mFnOld(oldObject, &status);
    if (status == MS::kSuccess)
    {
        unsigned int numChild = mFnOld.childCount();

        std::vector<MObject> children;
        children.reserve(numChild);
        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < numChild; i++)
        {
            MObject child = mFnOld.child(i, &status);
            if (status == MS::kSuccess)
            {
                children.push_back(child);
            }
            else
            {
                MString theError("Failed to get child ");
                theError += i;
                theError += " of ";
                theError += mFnOld.name();
                theError += ", status = ";
                theError += status.errorString();
                MGlobal::displayError(theError);
            }
        }

        MFnDagNode mFnNew(newObject, &status);
        if (status == MS::kSuccess)
        {
            for (unsigned int i = 0; i < numChild; i++)
            {
                status = mFnNew.addChild(children[i]);
                if (status != MS::kSuccess)
                {
                    MString theError("Failed to add child ");
                    theError += i;
                    theError += " of ";
                    theError += mFnOld.name();
                    theError += " to ";
                    theError += name;
                    theError += ", status = ";
                    theError += status.errorString();
                    MGlobal::displayError(theError);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return status;
}
Example #2
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CGBLCOError CGBLLOArrayHandler::AddToSendArray(CGBLLOMessagePacket messagePacket)
{
    // do something
    CGBLCOError theError(CGBLCOError::EGBLCOErrorType::GBLCO_OK);

    return theError;
}
Example #3
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MStatus getDagPathListByName(const MString & objectNames,
    std::vector<MDagPath> & dagPathList)
{
    MStatus status;
    MStringArray theArray;
    status = objectNames.split(' ', theArray);
    if (status == MS::kSuccess)
    {
        unsigned int len = theArray.length();
        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < len; i++)
        {
            MDagPath dagPath;
            status = getDagPathByName(theArray[i], dagPath);
            if (status == MS::kSuccess)
                dagPathList.push_back(dagPath);
            else
            {
                MString theError(theArray[i]);
                theError += MString(" doesn't exist");
                MGlobal::displayError(theError);
            }
        }
    }

    return status;
}
Example #4
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MStatus disconnectAllPlugsTo(MPlug & dstPlug)
{
    MStatus status = MS::kSuccess;
    MPlugArray array;
    dstPlug.connectedTo(array, true, false, &status);
    unsigned int arrayLength = array.length();

    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++)
    {
        MPlug srcPlug = array[i];
        if (status == MS::kSuccess)
        {
            MDGModifier modifier;
            status = modifier.disconnect(srcPlug, dstPlug);
            status = modifier.doIt();
            if (status != MS::kSuccess)
            {
                MString theError("Disconnect ");
                theError += srcPlug.name();
                theError += MString(" -> ");
                theError += dstPlug.name();
                theError += MString(" failed, status = ");
                theError += status.errorString();
                MGlobal::displayError(theError);
                return status;
            }
        }
    }
    return MS::kSuccess;
}
Example #5
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void Melder_flushError () {
	/*
		"errors" has to be cleared *before* the message is put on the screen.
		This is because on some platforms the message dialog is synchronous
		(Melder_flushError will wait until the message dialog is closed),
		and some operating systems may force an immediate redraw event as soon as
		the message dialog is closed. We want "errors" to be empty when redrawing!
	*/
	static char32 temp [2000+1];
	str32cpy (temp, errors);
	Melder_clearError ();
	theError (temp);
}
Example #6
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MStatus setInitialShadingGroup(const MString & dagNodeName)
{
    MObject initShader;
    MDagPath dagPath;

    if (getObjectByName("initialShadingGroup", initShader) == MS::kSuccess &&
        getDagPathByName(dagNodeName, dagPath) == MS::kSuccess)
    {
        MFnSet set(initShader);
        set.addMember(dagPath);
    }
    else
    {
        MString theError("Error getting adding ");
        theError += dagNodeName;
        theError += MString(" to initalShadingGroup.");
        MGlobal::displayError(theError);
        return MS::kFailure;
    }
    return MS::kSuccess;
}
Example #7
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MObject createShadingGroup(const MString& iName)
{
    MStatus status;

    MFnSet fnSet;
    MSelectionList selList;
    MObject shadingGroup = fnSet.create(selList,
                                        MFnSet::kRenderableOnly,
                                        &status);
    if (status != MS::kSuccess)
    {
        MString theError("Could not create shading engine: ");
        theError += iName;
        MGlobal::displayError(theError);

        return shadingGroup;
    }

    fnSet.setName(iName);

    return shadingGroup;
}
MStatus AlembicAssignInitialSGCommand::doIt(const MArgList& args)
{
  MStatus status;
  MArgParser argData(syntax(), args, &status);

  if (argData.isFlagSet("help"))
  {
    MGlobal::displayInfo("[ExocortexAlembic]: ExocortexAlembic_assignFaceset command:");
    MGlobal::displayInfo("                    -m : mesh to assign the initialShadingGroup on");
    return MS::kSuccess;
  }

  if (!argData.isFlagSet("mesh"))
  {
    MGlobal::displayError("No mesh/subdiv specified!");
    return MS::kFailure;
  }

  MObject initShader;
  MDagPath dagPath;

  if (getObjectByName("initialShadingGroup", initShader) == MS::kSuccess && getDagPathByName(argData.flagArgumentString("mesh", 0), dagPath) == MS::kSuccess)
  {
    ESS_PROFILE_SCOPE("AlembicAssignInitialSGCommand::doIt::MFnSet");
    MFnSet set(initShader);
    set.addMember(dagPath);
  }
  else
  {
    MString theError("Error getting adding ");
    theError += argData.flagArgumentString("mesh", 0);
    theError += MString(" to initalShadingGroup.");
    MGlobal::displayError(theError);
    return MS::kFailure;
  }
  return MS::kSuccess;
}
Example #9
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MStatus AbcImport::doIt(const MArgList & args)
{
    MStatus status;

    MArgParser argData(syntax(), args, &status);

    MString filename("");
    MString connectRootNodes("");
    MString filterString("");
    MString excludeFilterString("");

    MObject reparentObj = MObject::kNullObj;

    bool    swap = false;
    bool    createIfNotFound = false;
    bool    removeIfNoUpdate = false;

    bool    debugOn = false;

    if (argData.isFlagSet("help"))
    {
        MGlobal::displayInfo(usage);
        return status;
    }

    if (argData.isFlagSet("debug"))
        debugOn = true;

    if (argData.isFlagSet("reparent"))
    {
        MString parent("");
        MDagPath reparentDagPath;
        status = argData.getFlagArgument("reparent", 0, parent);
        if (status == MS::kSuccess
            && getDagPathByName(parent, reparentDagPath) == MS::kSuccess)
        {
            reparentObj = reparentDagPath.node();
        }
        else
        {
            MString theWarning = parent;
            theWarning += MString(" is not a valid DagPath");
            printWarning(theWarning);
        }
    }

    if (!argData.isFlagSet("connect") && argData.isFlagSet("mode"))
    {
        MString modeStr;
        argData.getFlagArgument("mode", 0, modeStr);
        if (modeStr == "replace")
            deleteCurrentSelection();
        else if (modeStr == "open")
        {
            MFileIO fileIo;
            fileIo.newFile(true);
        }
    }
    else if (argData.isFlagSet("connect"))
    {
        swap = true;
        argData.getFlagArgument("connect", 0, connectRootNodes);

        if (argData.isFlagSet("createIfNotFound"))
        {
            createIfNotFound = true;
        }

        if (argData.isFlagSet("removeIfNoUpdate"))
            removeIfNoUpdate = true;
    }

    if (argData.isFlagSet("filterObjects"))
    {
        argData.getFlagArgument("filterObjects", 0, filterString);
    }

    if (argData.isFlagSet("excludeFilterObjects"))
    {
        argData.getFlagArgument("excludeFilterObjects", 0, excludeFilterString);
    }

    // if the flag isn't specified we'll only do stuff marked with the Maya
    // meta data
    bool recreateColorSets = false;
    if (argData.isFlagSet("recreateAllColorSets"))
    {
        recreateColorSets = true;
    }

    status = argData.getCommandArgument(0, filename);
    MString abcNodeName;
    if (status == MS::kSuccess)
    {
        {
            MString fileRule, expandName;
            MString alembicFileRule = "alembicCache";
            MString alembicFilePath = "cache/alembic";

            MString queryFileRuleCmd;
            queryFileRuleCmd.format("workspace -q -fre \"^1s\"",
                alembicFileRule);
            MString queryFolderCmd;
            queryFolderCmd.format("workspace -en `workspace -q -fre \"^1s\"`",
                alembicFileRule);

            // query the file rule for alembic cache
            MGlobal::executeCommand(queryFileRuleCmd, fileRule);
            if (fileRule.length() > 0)
            {
                // we have alembic file rule, query the folder
                MGlobal::executeCommand(queryFolderCmd, expandName);
            }

            // resolve the expanded file rule
            if (expandName.length() == 0)
            {
                expandName = alembicFilePath;
            }

            // get the path to the alembic file rule
            MFileObject directory;
            directory.setRawFullName(expandName);
            MString directoryName = directory.resolvedFullName();

            // resolve the relative path
            MFileObject absoluteFile;
            absoluteFile.setRawFullName(filename);
			absoluteFile.setResolveMethod(MFileObject::kInputFile);
#if MAYA_API_VERSION < 201300
            if (absoluteFile.resolvedFullName() !=
                absoluteFile.expandedFullName())
            {
#else
            if (!MFileObject::isAbsolutePath(filename)) {
#endif
                // this is a relative path
                MString absoluteFileName = directoryName + "/" + filename;
                absoluteFile.setRawFullName(absoluteFileName);
                filename = absoluteFile.resolvedFullName();
            }
            else
            {
                filename = absoluteFile.resolvedFullName();
            }
        }

        MFileObject fileObj;
        status = fileObj.setRawFullName(filename);
        if (status == MS::kSuccess && fileObj.exists())
        {
            ArgData inputData(filename, debugOn, reparentObj,
                swap, connectRootNodes, createIfNotFound, removeIfNoUpdate,
                recreateColorSets, filterString, excludeFilterString);
            abcNodeName = createScene(inputData);

            if (inputData.mSequenceStartTime != inputData.mSequenceEndTime &&
                inputData.mSequenceStartTime != -DBL_MAX &&
                inputData.mSequenceEndTime != DBL_MAX)
            {
                if (argData.isFlagSet("fitTimeRange"))
                {
                    MTime sec(1.0, MTime::kSeconds);
                    setPlayback(
                        inputData.mSequenceStartTime * sec.as(MTime::uiUnit()),
                        inputData.mSequenceEndTime * sec.as(MTime::uiUnit()) );
                }

                if (argData.isFlagSet("setToStartFrame"))
                {
                    MTime sec(1.0, MTime::kSeconds);
                    MGlobal::viewFrame( inputData.mSequenceStartTime *
                        sec.as(MTime::uiUnit()) );
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            MString theError("In AbcImport::doIt(), ");
            theError += filename;
            theError += MString(" doesn't exist");
            printError(theError);
        }
    }

    MPxCommand::setResult(abcNodeName);

    return status;
}
Example #10
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MStatus AbcExport::doIt(const MArgList & args)
{
try
{
    MStatus status;

    MTime oldCurTime = MAnimControl::currentTime();

    MArgParser argData(syntax(), args, &status);

    if (argData.isFlagSet("help"))
    {
        MGlobal::displayInfo(util::getHelpText());
        return MS::kSuccess;
    }

    bool verbose = argData.isFlagSet("verbose");

    // If skipFrame is true, when going through the playback range of the
    // scene, as much frames are skipped when possible.  This could cause
    // a problem for, time dependent solutions like
    // particle system / hair simulation
    bool skipFrame = true;
    if (argData.isFlagSet("dontSkipUnwrittenFrames"))
        skipFrame = false;

    double startEvaluationTime = DBL_MAX;
    if (argData.isFlagSet("preRollStartFrame"))
    {
        double startAt = 0.0;
        argData.getFlagArgument("preRollStartFrame", 0, startAt);
        startEvaluationTime = startAt;
    }

    unsigned int jobSize = argData.numberOfFlagUses("jobArg");

    if (jobSize == 0)
        return status;

    // the frame range we will be iterating over for all jobs,
    // includes frames which are not skipped and the startAt offset
    std::set<double> allFrameRange;

    // this will eventually hold only the animated jobs.
    // its a list because we will be removing jobs from it
    std::list < AbcWriteJobPtr > jobList;

    for (unsigned int jobIndex = 0; jobIndex < jobSize; jobIndex++)
    {
        JobArgs jobArgs;
        MArgList jobArgList;
        argData.getFlagArgumentList("jobArg", jobIndex, jobArgList);
        MString jobArgsStr = jobArgList.asString(0);
        MStringArray jobArgsArray;

        {
            // parse the job arguments
            // e.g. -perFrameCallbackMel "print \"something\"" will be splitted to
            //    [0] -perFrameCallbackMel
            //    [1] print "something"
            enum State {
                kArgument,               // parsing an argument (not quoted)
                kDoubleQuotedString,     // parsing a double quoted string
                kSingleQuotedString,     // parsing a single quoted string
            };

            State state = kArgument;
            MString stringBuffer;
            for (unsigned int charIdx = 0; charIdx < jobArgsStr.numChars();
                charIdx++)
            {
                MString ch = jobArgsStr.substringW(charIdx, charIdx);
                switch (state)
                {
                case kArgument:
                    if (ch == " ")
                    {
                        // space terminates the current argument
                        if (stringBuffer.length() > 0) {
                            jobArgsArray.append(stringBuffer);
                            stringBuffer.clear();
                        }
                        // goto another argument
                        state = kArgument;
                    }
                    else if (ch == "\"")
                    {
                        if (stringBuffer.length() > 0)
                        {
                            // double quote is part of the argument
                            stringBuffer += ch;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            // goto double quoted string
                            state = kDoubleQuotedString;
                        }
                    }
                    else if (ch == "'")
                    {
                        if (stringBuffer.length() > 0)
                        {
                            // single quote is part of the argument
                            stringBuffer += ch;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            // goto single quoted string
                            state = kSingleQuotedString;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        stringBuffer += ch;
                    }
                break;

                case kDoubleQuotedString:
                    // double quote terminates the current string
                    if (ch == "\"")
                    {
                        jobArgsArray.append(stringBuffer);
                        stringBuffer.clear();
                        state = kArgument;
                    }
                    else if (ch == "\\")
                    {
                        // escaped character
                        MString nextCh = (++charIdx < jobArgsStr.numChars())
                            ? jobArgsStr.substringW(charIdx, charIdx) : "\\";
                        if (nextCh == "n")       stringBuffer += "\n";
                        else if (nextCh == "t")  stringBuffer += "\t";
                        else if (nextCh == "r")  stringBuffer += "\r";
                        else if (nextCh == "\\") stringBuffer += "\\";
                        else if (nextCh == "'")  stringBuffer += "'";
                        else if (nextCh == "\"") stringBuffer += "\"";
                        else                     stringBuffer += nextCh;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        stringBuffer += ch;
                    }
                break;

                case kSingleQuotedString:
                    // single quote terminates the current string
                    if (ch == "'")
                    {
                        jobArgsArray.append(stringBuffer);
                        stringBuffer.clear();
                        state = kArgument;
                    }
                    else if (ch == "\\")
                    {
                        // escaped character
                        MString nextCh = (++charIdx < jobArgsStr.numChars())
                            ? jobArgsStr.substringW(charIdx, charIdx) : "\\";
                        if (nextCh == "n")       stringBuffer += "\n";
                        else if (nextCh == "t")  stringBuffer += "\t";
                        else if (nextCh == "r")  stringBuffer += "\r";
                        else if (nextCh == "\\") stringBuffer += "\\";
                        else if (nextCh == "'")  stringBuffer += "'";
                        else if (nextCh == "\"") stringBuffer += "\"";
                        else                     stringBuffer += nextCh;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        stringBuffer += ch;
                    }
                break;
                }
            }

            // the rest of the argument
            if (stringBuffer.length() > 0)
            {
                jobArgsArray.append(stringBuffer);
            }
        }

        // the frame range within this job
        std::vector< FrameRangeArgs > frameRanges(1);
        frameRanges.back().startTime = oldCurTime.value();
        frameRanges.back().endTime = oldCurTime.value();
        frameRanges.back().strideTime = 1.0;

        bool hasRange = false;
        bool hasRoot = false;
        bool sampleGeo  = true; // whether or not to subsample geometry
        std::string fileName;
        bool asOgawa = true;

        unsigned int numJobArgs = jobArgsArray.length();
        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < numJobArgs; ++i)
        {
            MString arg = jobArgsArray[i];
            arg.toLowerCase();

            if (arg == "-f" || arg == "-file")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError("File incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                fileName = jobArgsArray[++i].asChar();
            }

            else if (arg == "-fr" || arg == "-framerange")
            {
                if (i+2 >= numJobArgs || !jobArgsArray[i+1].isDouble() ||
                    !jobArgsArray[i+2].isDouble())
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError("Frame Range incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }

                // this is not the first -frameRange argument, we are going
                // to add one more frame range to the frame range array.
                if (hasRange)
                {
                    frameRanges.push_back(FrameRangeArgs());
                }

                hasRange = true;
                frameRanges.back().startTime = jobArgsArray[++i].asDouble();
                frameRanges.back().endTime = jobArgsArray[++i].asDouble();

                // make sure start frame is smaller or equal to endTime
                if (frameRanges.back().startTime > frameRanges.back().endTime)
                {
                    std::swap(frameRanges.back().startTime,
                        frameRanges.back().endTime);
                }
            }

            else if (arg == "-frs" || arg == "-framerelativesample")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs || !jobArgsArray[i+1].isDouble())
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "Frame Relative Sample incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                frameRanges.back().shutterSamples.insert(
                    jobArgsArray[++i].asDouble());
            }

            else if (arg == "-nn" || arg == "-nonormals")
            {
                jobArgs.noNormals = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-pr" || arg == "-preroll")
            {
                frameRanges.back().preRoll = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-ro" || arg == "-renderableonly")
            {
                jobArgs.excludeInvisible = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-s" || arg == "-step")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs || !jobArgsArray[i+1].isDouble())
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError("Step incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                frameRanges.back().strideTime = jobArgsArray[++i].asDouble();
            }

            else if (arg == "-sl" || arg == "-selection")
            {
                jobArgs.useSelectionList = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-sn" || arg == "-stripnamespaces")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs || !jobArgsArray[i+1].isUnsigned())
                {
                    // the strip all namespaces case
                    // so we pick a very LARGE number
                    jobArgs.stripNamespace = 0xffffffff;
                }
                else
                {
                    jobArgs.stripNamespace = jobArgsArray[++i].asUnsigned();
                }
            }

            else if (arg == "-uv" || arg == "-uvwrite")
            {
                jobArgs.writeUVs = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-wcs" || arg == "-writecolorsets")
            {
                jobArgs.writeColorSets = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-wfs" || arg == "-writefacesets")
            {
                jobArgs.writeFaceSets = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-wfg" || arg == "-wholeframegeo")
            {
                sampleGeo = false;
            }

            else if (arg == "-ws" || arg == "-worldspace")
            {
                jobArgs.worldSpace = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-wuvs" || arg == "-writeuvsets")
            {
                jobArgs.writeUVSets = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-wv" || arg == "-writevisibility")
            {
                jobArgs.writeVisibility = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-as" || arg == "-autosubd")
            {
                jobArgs.autoSubd = true;
            }

            else if (arg == "-mfc" || arg == "-melperframecallback")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "melPerFrameCallback incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                jobArgs.melPerFrameCallback = jobArgsArray[++i].asChar();
            }

            else if (arg == "-pfc" || arg == "-pythonperframecallback")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "pythonPerFrameCallback incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                jobArgs.pythonPerFrameCallback = jobArgsArray[++i].asChar();
            }

            else if (arg == "-mpc" || arg == "-melpostjobcallback")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "melPostJobCallback incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                jobArgs.melPostCallback = jobArgsArray[++i].asChar();
            }

            else if (arg == "-ppc" || arg == "-pythonpostjobcallback")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "pythonPostJobCallback incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                jobArgs.pythonPostCallback = jobArgsArray[++i].asChar();
            }

            // geomArbParams - attribute filtering stuff
            else if (arg == "-atp" || arg == "-attrprefix")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "attrPrefix incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                jobArgs.prefixFilters.push_back(jobArgsArray[++i].asChar());
            }

            else if (arg == "-a" || arg == "-attr")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "attr incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                jobArgs.attribs.insert(jobArgsArray[++i].asChar());
            }

            // userProperties - attribute filtering stuff
            else if (arg == "-uatp" || arg == "-userattrprefix")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "userAttrPrefix incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                jobArgs.userPrefixFilters.push_back(jobArgsArray[++i].asChar());
            }

            else if (arg == "-u" || arg == "-userattr")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "userAttr incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                jobArgs.userAttribs.insert(jobArgsArray[++i].asChar());
            }

            else if (arg == "-rt" || arg == "-root")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "root incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                hasRoot = true;
                MString root = jobArgsArray[++i];

                MSelectionList sel;
                if (sel.add(root) != MS::kSuccess)
                {
                    MString warn = root;
                    warn += " could not be select, skipping.";
                    MGlobal::displayWarning(warn);
                    continue;
                }

                unsigned int numRoots = sel.length();
                for (unsigned int j = 0; j < numRoots; ++j)
                {
                    MDagPath path;
                    if (sel.getDagPath(j, path) != MS::kSuccess)
                    {
                        MString warn = path.fullPathName();
                        warn += " (part of ";
                        warn += root;
                        warn += " ) not a DAG Node, skipping.";
                        MGlobal::displayWarning(warn);
                        continue;
                    }
                    jobArgs.dagPaths.insert(path);
                }
            }
            else if (arg == "-ef" || arg == "-eulerfilter")
            {
                jobArgs.filterEulerRotations = true;
            }
            else if (arg == "-df" || arg == "-dataformat")
            {
                if (i+1 >= numJobArgs)
                {
                    MGlobal::displayError(
                        "dataFormat incorrectly specified.");
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
                MString dataFormat = jobArgsArray[++i];
                dataFormat.toLowerCase();
                if (dataFormat == "hdf")
                {
                    asOgawa = false;
                }
                else if (dataFormat == "ogawa")
                {
                    asOgawa = true;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                MString warn = "Ignoring unsupported flag: ";
                warn += jobArgsArray[i];
                MGlobal::displayWarning(warn);
            }
        } //  for i

        if (fileName == "")
        {
            MString error = "-file not specified.";
            MGlobal::displayError(error);
            return MS::kFailure;
        }

        {
            MString fileRule, expandName;
            MString alembicFileRule = "alembicCache";
            MString alembicFilePath = "cache/alembic";

            MString queryFileRuleCmd;
            queryFileRuleCmd.format("workspace -q -fre \"^1s\"",
                alembicFileRule);

            MString queryFolderCmd;
            queryFolderCmd.format("workspace -en `workspace -q -fre \"^1s\"`",
                alembicFileRule);

            // query the file rule for alembic cache
            MGlobal::executeCommand(queryFileRuleCmd, fileRule);
            if (fileRule.length() > 0)
            {
                // we have alembic file rule, query the folder
                MGlobal::executeCommand(queryFolderCmd, expandName);
            }
            else
            {
                // alembic file rule does not exist, create it
                MString addFileRuleCmd;
                addFileRuleCmd.format("workspace -fr \"^1s\" \"^2s\"",
                    alembicFileRule, alembicFilePath);
                MGlobal::executeCommand(addFileRuleCmd);

                // save the workspace. maya may discard file rules on exit
                MGlobal::executeCommand("workspace -s");

                // query the folder
                MGlobal::executeCommand(queryFolderCmd, expandName);
            }

            // resolve the expanded file rule
            if (expandName.length() == 0)
            {
                expandName = alembicFilePath;
            }

            // get the path to the alembic file rule
            MFileObject directory;
            directory.setRawFullName(expandName);
            MString directoryName = directory.resolvedFullName();

            // make sure the cache folder exists
            if (!directory.exists())
            {
                // create the cache folder
                MString createFolderCmd;
                createFolderCmd.format("sysFile -md \"^1s\"", directoryName);
                MGlobal::executeCommand(createFolderCmd);
            }

            // resolve the relative path
            MFileObject absoluteFile;
            absoluteFile.setRawFullName(fileName.c_str());
#if MAYA_API_VERSION < 201300
            if (absoluteFile.resolvedFullName() !=
                absoluteFile.expandedFullName())
            {
#else
            if (!MFileObject::isAbsolutePath(fileName.c_str())) {
#endif
                // this is a relative path
                MString absoluteFileName = directoryName + "/" +
                    fileName.c_str();
                absoluteFile.setRawFullName(absoluteFileName);
                fileName = absoluteFile.resolvedFullName().asChar();
            }
            else
            {
                fileName = absoluteFile.resolvedFullName().asChar();
            }

            // check the path must exist before writing
            MFileObject absoluteFilePath;
            absoluteFilePath.setRawFullName(absoluteFile.path());
            if (!absoluteFilePath.exists()) {
                MString error;
                error.format("Path ^1s does not exist!", absoluteFilePath.resolvedFullName());
                MGlobal::displayError(error);
                return MS::kFailure;
            }

            // check the file is used by any AlembicNode in the scene
            MItDependencyNodes dgIter(MFn::kPluginDependNode);
            for (; !dgIter.isDone(); dgIter.next()) {
                MFnDependencyNode alembicNode(dgIter.thisNode());
                if (alembicNode.typeName() != "AlembicNode") {
                    continue;
                }

                MPlug abcFilePlug = alembicNode.findPlug("abc_File");
                if (abcFilePlug.isNull()) {
                    continue;
                }

                MFileObject alembicFile;
                alembicFile.setRawFullName(abcFilePlug.asString());
                if (!alembicFile.exists()) {
                    continue;
                }

                if (alembicFile.resolvedFullName() == absoluteFile.resolvedFullName()) {
                    MString error = "Can't export to an Alembic file which is in use.";
                    MGlobal::displayError(error);
                    return MS::kFailure;
                }
            }

            std::ofstream ofs(fileName.c_str());
            if (!ofs.is_open()) {
                MString error = MString("Can't write to file: ") + fileName.c_str();
                MGlobal::displayError(error);
                return MS::kFailure;
            }
            ofs.close();
        }

        // if -frameRelativeSample argument is not specified for a frame range,
        // we are assuming a -frameRelativeSample 0.0
        for (std::vector<FrameRangeArgs>::iterator range =
            frameRanges.begin(); range != frameRanges.end(); ++range)
        {
            if (range->shutterSamples.empty())
                range->shutterSamples.insert(0.0);
        }

        if (jobArgs.prefixFilters.empty())
        {
            jobArgs.prefixFilters.push_back("ABC_");
        }

        // the list of frame ranges for sampling
        std::vector<FrameRangeArgs> sampleRanges;
        std::vector<FrameRangeArgs> preRollRanges;
        for (std::vector<FrameRangeArgs>::const_iterator range =
            frameRanges.begin(); range != frameRanges.end(); ++range)
        {
            if (range->preRoll)
                preRollRanges.push_back(*range);
            else
                sampleRanges.push_back(*range);
        }

        // the list of frames written into the abc file
        std::set<double> geoSamples;
        std::set<double> transSamples;
        for (std::vector<FrameRangeArgs>::const_iterator range =
            sampleRanges.begin(); range != sampleRanges.end(); ++range)
        {
            for (double frame = range->startTime;
                frame <= range->endTime;
                frame += range->strideTime)
            {
                for (std::set<double>::const_iterator shutter =
                    range->shutterSamples.begin();
                    shutter != range->shutterSamples.end(); ++shutter)
                {
                    double curFrame = *shutter + frame;
                    if (!sampleGeo)
                    {
                        double intFrame = (double)(int)(
                            curFrame >= 0 ? curFrame + .5 : curFrame - .5);

                        // only insert samples that are close to being an integer
                        if (fabs(curFrame - intFrame) < 1e-4)
                        {
                            geoSamples.insert(curFrame);
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        geoSamples.insert(curFrame);
                    }
                    transSamples.insert(curFrame);
                }
            }

            if (geoSamples.empty())
            {
                geoSamples.insert(range->startTime);
            }

            if (transSamples.empty())
            {
                transSamples.insert(range->startTime);
            }
        }

        bool isAcyclic = false;
        if (sampleRanges.empty())
        {
            // no frame ranges or all frame ranges are pre-roll ranges
            hasRange = false;
            geoSamples.insert(frameRanges.back().startTime);
            transSamples.insert(frameRanges.back().startTime);
        }
        else
        {
            // check if the time range is even (cyclic)
            // otherwise, we will use acyclic
            // sub frames pattern
            std::vector<double> pattern(
                sampleRanges.begin()->shutterSamples.begin(),
                sampleRanges.begin()->shutterSamples.end());
            std::transform(pattern.begin(), pattern.end(), pattern.begin(),
                std::bind2nd(std::plus<double>(),
                    sampleRanges.begin()->startTime));

            // check the frames against the pattern
            std::vector<double> timeSamples(
                transSamples.begin(), transSamples.end());
            for (size_t i = 0; i < timeSamples.size(); i++)
            {
                // next pattern
                if (i % pattern.size() == 0 && i / pattern.size() > 0)
                {
                    std::transform(pattern.begin(), pattern.end(),
                        pattern.begin(), std::bind2nd(std::plus<double>(),
                            sampleRanges.begin()->strideTime));
                }

                // pattern mismatch, we use acyclic time sampling type
                if (timeSamples[i] != pattern[i % pattern.size()])
                {
                    isAcyclic = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        // the list of frames to pre-roll
        std::set<double> preRollSamples;
        for (std::vector<FrameRangeArgs>::const_iterator range =
            preRollRanges.begin(); range != preRollRanges.end(); ++range)
        {
            for (double frame = range->startTime;
                frame <= range->endTime;
                frame += range->strideTime)
            {
                for (std::set<double>::const_iterator shutter =
                    range->shutterSamples.begin();
                    shutter != range->shutterSamples.end(); ++shutter)
                {
                    double curFrame = *shutter + frame;
                    preRollSamples.insert(curFrame);
                }
            }

            if (preRollSamples.empty())
            {
                preRollSamples.insert(range->startTime);
            }
        }

        if (jobArgs.dagPaths.size() > 1)
        {
            // check for validity of the DagPath relationships complexity : n^2

            util::ShapeSet::const_iterator m, n;
            util::ShapeSet::const_iterator end = jobArgs.dagPaths.end();
            for (m = jobArgs.dagPaths.begin(); m != end; )
            {
                MDagPath path1 = *m;
                m++;
                for (n = m; n != end; n++)
                {
                    MDagPath path2 = *n;
                    if (util::isAncestorDescendentRelationship(path1,path2))
                    {
                        MString errorMsg = path1.fullPathName();
                        errorMsg += " and ";
                        errorMsg += path2.fullPathName();
                        errorMsg += " have an ancestor relationship.";
                        MGlobal::displayError(errorMsg);
                        return MS::kFailure;
                    }
                }  // for n
            }  // for m
        }
        // no root is specified, and we aren't using a selection
        // so we'll try to translate the whole Maya scene by using all
        // children of the world as roots.
        else if (!hasRoot && !jobArgs.useSelectionList)
        {
            MSelectionList sel;
#if MAYA_API_VERSION >= 201100
            sel.add("|*", true);
#else
            // older versions of Maya will not be able to find top level nodes
            // within namespaces
            sel.add("|*");
#endif
            unsigned int numRoots = sel.length();
            for (unsigned int i = 0; i < numRoots; ++i)
            {
                MDagPath path;
                sel.getDagPath(i, path);
                jobArgs.dagPaths.insert(path);
            }
        }
        else if (hasRoot && jobArgs.dagPaths.empty())
        {
            MString errorMsg = "No valid root nodes were specified.";
            MGlobal::displayError(errorMsg);
            return MS::kFailure;
        }
        else if (jobArgs.useSelectionList)
        {
            MSelectionList activeList;
            MGlobal::getActiveSelectionList(activeList);
            if (activeList.length() == 0)
            {
                MString errorMsg =
                    "-selection specified but nothing is actively selected.";
                MGlobal::displayError(errorMsg);
                return MS::kFailure;
            }
        }

        AbcA::TimeSamplingPtr transTime, geoTime;

        if (hasRange)
        {
            if (isAcyclic)
            {
                // acyclic, uneven time sampling
                // e.g. [0.8, 1, 1.2], [2.8, 3, 3.2], .. not continuous
                //      [0.8, 1, 1.2], [1.7, 2, 2.3], .. shutter different
                std::vector<double> samples(
                    transSamples.begin(), transSamples.end());
                std::transform(samples.begin(), samples.end(), samples.begin(),
                    std::bind2nd(std::multiplies<double>(), util::spf()));
                transTime.reset(new AbcA::TimeSampling(AbcA::TimeSamplingType(
                    AbcA::TimeSamplingType::kAcyclic), samples));
            }
            else
            {
                // cyclic, even time sampling between time periods
                // e.g. [0.8, 1, 1.2], [1.8, 2, 2.2], ...
                std::vector<double> samples;
                double startTime = sampleRanges[0].startTime;
                double strideTime = sampleRanges[0].strideTime;
                for (std::set<double>::const_iterator shutter =
                    sampleRanges[0].shutterSamples.begin();
                    shutter != sampleRanges[0].shutterSamples.end();
                    ++shutter)
                {
                    samples.push_back((startTime + *shutter) * util::spf());
                }

                if (samples.size() > 1)
                {
                    Alembic::Util::uint32_t numSamples =
                        static_cast<Alembic::Util::uint32_t>(samples.size());
                    transTime.reset(
                        new AbcA::TimeSampling(AbcA::TimeSamplingType(
                            numSamples, strideTime * util::spf()), samples));
                }
                // uniform sampling
                else
                {
                    transTime.reset(new AbcA::TimeSampling(
                        strideTime * util::spf(), samples[0]));
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // time ranges are not specified
            transTime.reset(new AbcA::TimeSampling());
        }

        if (sampleGeo || !hasRange)
        {
            geoTime = transTime;
        }
        else
        {
            // sampling geo on whole frames
            if (isAcyclic)
            {
                // acyclic, uneven time sampling
                std::vector<double> samples(
                    geoSamples.begin(), geoSamples.end());
                // one more sample for setup()
                if (*transSamples.begin() != *geoSamples.begin())
                    samples.insert(samples.begin(), *transSamples.begin());
                std::transform(samples.begin(), samples.end(), samples.begin(),
                    std::bind2nd(std::multiplies<double>(), util::spf()));
                geoTime.reset(new AbcA::TimeSampling(AbcA::TimeSamplingType(
                    AbcA::TimeSamplingType::kAcyclic), samples));
            }
            else
            {
                double geoStride = sampleRanges[0].strideTime;
                if (geoStride < 1.0)
                    geoStride = 1.0;

                double geoStart = *geoSamples.begin() * util::spf();
                geoTime.reset(new AbcA::TimeSampling(
                    geoStride * util::spf(), geoStart));
            }
        }

        AbcWriteJobPtr job(new AbcWriteJob(fileName.c_str(), asOgawa,
            transSamples, transTime, geoSamples, geoTime, jobArgs));

       jobList.push_front(job);

        // make sure we add additional whole frames, if we arent skipping
        // the inbetween ones
        if (!skipFrame && !allFrameRange.empty())
        {
            double localMin = *(transSamples.begin());
            std::set<double>::iterator last = transSamples.end();
            last--;
            double localMax = *last;

            double globalMin = *(allFrameRange.begin());
            last = allFrameRange.end();
            last--;
            double globalMax = *last;

            // if the min of our current frame range is beyond
            // what we know about, pad a few more frames
            if (localMin > globalMax)
            {
                for (double f = globalMax; f < localMin; f++)
                {
                    allFrameRange.insert(f);
                }
            }

            // if the max of our current frame range is beyond
            // what we know about, pad a few more frames
            if (localMax < globalMin)
            {
                for (double f = localMax; f < globalMin; f++)
                {
                    allFrameRange.insert(f);
                }
            }
        }

        // right now we just copy over the translation samples since
        // they are guaranteed to contain all the geometry samples
        allFrameRange.insert(transSamples.begin(), transSamples.end());

        // copy over the pre-roll samples
        allFrameRange.insert(preRollSamples.begin(), preRollSamples.end());
    }

    // add extra evaluation run up, if necessary
    if (startEvaluationTime != DBL_MAX && !allFrameRange.empty())
    {
        double firstFrame = *allFrameRange.begin();
        for (double f = startEvaluationTime; f < firstFrame; ++f)
        {
            allFrameRange.insert(f);
        }
    }

    std::set<double>::iterator it = allFrameRange.begin();
    std::set<double>::iterator itEnd = allFrameRange.end();

    MComputation computation;
    computation.beginComputation();

    // loop through every frame in the list, if a job has that frame in it's
    // list of transform or shape frames, then it will write out data and
    // call the perFrameCallback, if that frame is also the last one it has
    // to work on then it will also call the postCallback.
    // If it doesn't have this frame, then it does nothing
    for (; it != itEnd; it++)
    {
        if (verbose)
        {
            double frame = *it;
            MString info;
            info = frame;
            MGlobal::displayInfo(info);
        }

        MGlobal::viewFrame(*it);
        std::list< AbcWriteJobPtr >::iterator j = jobList.begin();
        std::list< AbcWriteJobPtr >::iterator jend = jobList.end();
        while (j != jend)
        {
            if (computation.isInterruptRequested())
                return MS::kFailure;

            bool lastFrame = (*j)->eval(*it);

            if (lastFrame)
            {
                j = jobList.erase(j);
            }
            else
                j++;
        }
    }
    computation.endComputation();

    // set the time back
    MGlobal::viewFrame(oldCurTime);

    return MS::kSuccess;
}
catch (Alembic::Util::Exception & e)
{
    MString theError("Alembic Exception encountered: ");
    theError += e.what();
    MGlobal::displayError(theError);
    return MS::kFailure;
}
catch (std::exception & e)
{
    MString theError("std::exception encountered: ");
    theError += e.what();
    MGlobal::displayError(theError);
    return MS::kFailure;
}

}