load max Fbx export settings from file

Author: vkovec

Assets/FbxExporters/Editor/InstallIntegration.cs

@@ -392,34 +392,49 @@ public static void InstallMayaIntegration ()
 
     class MaxIntegration
     {
+        private const string MaxScriptsPath = "FbxExporters/Integrations/Autodesk/max/scripts/";
+
         private const string PluginName = "UnityFbxForMaxPlugin.ms";
-        private const string PluginPath = "FbxExporters/Integrations/Autodesk/max/scripts/" + PluginName;
+        private const string PluginPath = MaxScriptsPath + PluginName;
+
+        private const string ConfigureMaxScript = MaxScriptsPath + "configureUnityFbxForMax.ms";
 
-        private const string ConfigureMaxScript = "FbxExporters/Integrations/Autodesk/max/scripts/configureUnityFbxForMax.ms";
+        private const string ExportSettingsFile = MaxScriptsPath + "unityFbxExportSettings.ms";
 
         private const string PluginSourceTag = "UnityPluginScript_Source";
         private const string PluginNameTag = "UnityPluginScript_Name";
         private const string ProjectTag = "UnityProject";
+        private const string ExportSettingsTag = "UnityFbxExportSettings";
 
         // TODO: get this from the export settings
         private static string GetMaxExe(){
             return "C:/Program Files/Autodesk/3ds Max 2018/3dsmax.exe";
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the absolute Unity path for relative path in Assets folder.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The absolute path.</returns>
+        /// <param name="relPath">Relative path.</param>
+        public static string GetAbsPath(string relPath){
+            return Application.dataPath + "/" + relPath;
+        }
+
         private static string GetInstallScript(){
             Dictionary<string,string> Tokens = new Dictionary<string,string>()
             {
-                {PluginSourceTag, (Application.dataPath + "/" + PluginPath) },
+                {PluginSourceTag, GetAbsPath(PluginPath) },
                 {PluginNameTag,  PluginName },
-                {ProjectTag, Application.dataPath + "/"}
+                {ProjectTag,GetAbsPath("")},
+                {ExportSettingsTag, GetAbsPath(ExportSettingsFile) }
             };
 
             var installScript = "";
             // setup the variables to be used in the configure max script
             foreach (var t in Tokens) {
                 installScript += string.Format (@"global {0} = @\""{1}\"";", t.Key, t.Value);
             }
-            installScript += string.Format(@"filein \""{0}/{1}\""", Application.dataPath, ConfigureMaxScript);
+            installScript += string.Format(@"filein \""{0}\""", GetAbsPath(ConfigureMaxScript));
             return installScript;
         }
 

Assets/FbxExporters/Integrations/Autodesk/max/scripts/UnityFbxForMaxPlugin.ms

@@ -51,9 +51,18 @@ print "I do nothing, but I should Preview!"
 )
 macroScript Export category:"Unity"
 (
+    fn loadUnityFbxExportSettings = (
+        fbxExportSettings = getINISetting (GetMAXIniFile()) "Unity" "UnityFbxExportSettings"
+        if fbxExportSettings != undefined and doesFileExist fbxExportSettings then(
+            filein fbxExportSettings
+        )
+    )
+
     -- Make sure the FbxExporter plugin is loaded
     pluginManager.loadClass FbxExporter
 
+    loadUnityFbxExportSettings()
+    
     origSelection = getCurrentSelection()
     exportSet = selectionSets["UnityFbxExportSet"]
     if not isdeleted exportSet and exportSet != undefined then(
@@ -65,11 +74,12 @@ macroScript Export category:"Unity"
         exportFileName = unityFbxFilePathAttr + unityFbxFileNameAttr
     )
     else(
-        exportFileName = getSaveFileName caption:"Export FBX to Unity" filename:"C:/Users/Viktoria/Desktop/" types:"FBX (*.fbx)|*.fbx|"
+        unityProjectPath = getINISetting (GetMAXIniFile()) "Unity" "UnityProject"
+        exportFileName = getSaveFileName caption:"Export FBX to Unity" filename:unityProjectPath types:"FBX (*.fbx)|*.fbx|"
     )
 
     if exportFileName != undefined then (
-        exportFile exportFileName selectedOnly:true using:FBXEXP
+        exportFile exportFileName #noPrompt selectedOnly:true using:FBXEXP
     )
 
     if origSelection != undefined then (

Assets/FbxExporters/Integrations/Autodesk/max/scripts/configureUnityFbxForMax.ms

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ temp = pathConfig.GetDir(#userStartupScripts) + "/" + UnityPluginScript_Name;
 deleteFile temp;
 copyFile UnityPluginScript_Source temp;
 
-setINISetting (GetMAXIniFile()) "Unity" "UnityProject" UnityProject
+maxIniFile = (GetMAXIniFile())
+unityCategory = "Unity"
+setINISetting maxIniFile unityCategory "UnityProject" UnityProject
+setINISetting maxIniFile unityCategory "UnityFbxExportSettings" UnityFbxExportSettings
 
 quitMax()

Assets/FbxExporters/Integrations/Autodesk/max/scripts/unityFbxExportSettings.ms

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+FbxExporterSetParam "ResetExport"
+
+-- FBX file format
+FbxExporterSetParam "ASCII" false
+FbxExporterSetParam "FileVersion" "FBX201600"
+
+-- Geometry
+FbxExporterSetParam "SmoothMeshExport" false
+FbxExporterSetParam "Preserveinstances" true
+
+-- Animation
+FbxExporterSetParam "Animation" false
+
+FbxExporterSetParam "Cameras" true
+FbxExporterSetParam "Lights" true
+
+FbxExporterSetParam "EmbedTextures" false
+
+-- Units
+--FbxExporterSetParam "ScaleFactor" 1
+FbxExporterSetParam "ConvertUnit" "cm"
+
+-- Axis Conversion
+FbxExporterSetParam "UpAxis" "Y"