I’ve updated the savetool to keep a master version of the file! I’m now refefing to it as an Up Save tool.<\/p>\n
################################################################################################\r\n################################################################################################\r\n### Save new version of current scene ###\r\n### By Alastair Richardson ###\r\n### May, 2013 ###\r\n### Intended for Maya Ascii files ###\r\n### Use: ###\r\n### padding is the number of digits in the version number. ###\r\n### ###\r\n### versionIndicator is the characters that come before ###\r\n### the version number. May be _V or _v depending on your ###\r\n### pipeline. ###\r\n### ###\r\n### fileCountNumbering can be set to True or False. ###\r\n### If set to True, the next version number will be obtained ###\r\n### by counting the number of files in the working folder. ###\r\n### This method is unpredictable if folder contains additional ###\r\n### files or folders. ###\r\n### ###\r\n### If set to False, the next version number will be obtained ###\r\n### using the current version number, can be risky if rolling ###\r\n### to old versions is required. ###\r\n### ###\r\n################################################################################################\r\n################################################################################################\r\n \r\npadding = 3\r\nversionIndicator = '_v'\r\nfileCountNumbering = False\r\nmasterFileName = '_v000'\r\n \r\n################################################################################################\r\n### ###\r\n### Change script at your own risk ###\r\n### ###\r\n################################################################################################\r\nimport maya.cmds as cmds\r\nfrom pymel.core import *\r\nimport maya.OpenMaya as om\r\nimport os\r\n \r\ndef saveNewVer():\r\n a = ''\r\n b = ''\r\n # find directory\r\n currentDir = cmds.file( query = True, location = True )\r\n splitDir = currentDir.split('\/')\r\n length = len(splitDir)\r\n lessOne = length - 1\r\n shortDir = splitDir[0:lessOne]\r\n directoryToOpen = '\/'.join(shortDir)\r\n # create next version number of file\r\n if fileCountNumbering == True :\r\n # find the next version based on number of files on directory\r\n currentFileName = splitDir[length -1]\r\n versionSpilt = currentFileName.split(versionIndicator)\r\n currentName = versionSpilt[0]\r\n files = os.listdir( directoryToOpen )\r\n mayaAscii = []\r\n for i in files:\r\n try:\r\n a,b = i.split('.')\r\n except:\r\n print i + ' has no extension'\r\n if b == 'ma':\r\n mayaAscii.append(i)\r\n else:\r\n print str(i) + ' is not a Maya ASCII'\r\n nextVersion = len(mayaAscii) + 1 \r\n else:\r\n # find version by disecting current file name at _v\r\n currentFileName = splitDir[length -1]\r\n versionSpilt = currentFileName.split(versionIndicator)\r\n sansMA = versionSpilt[1].split('.')\r\n currentVersion = sansMA[0]\r\n currentName = versionSpilt[0]\r\n nextVersion = int(currentVersion) + 1\r\n # do the saving\r\n newDirName = directoryToOpen + '\/' + currentName + versionIndicator + str(nextVersion).zfill(padding)\r\n Mel.eval( \"source addRecentFile.mel\" )\r\n Mel.eval('addRecentFile \"%s\" \"%s\";' % (newDirName + '.ma', 'mayaAscii'))\r\n masterName = directoryToOpen + '\/' + currentName + masterFileName\r\n cmds.file( rename = masterName )\r\n cmds.file( save = True )\r\n cmds.file( rename = newDirName )\r\n cmds.file( save = True )\r\n om.MGlobal.displayInfo( 'saved to ' + newDirName )\r\nsaveNewVer()<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I’ve updated the savetool to keep a master version of the file! 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