import bpy def write_some_data(context, path, use_some_setting): print("running write_some_data...") pass from bpy.props import * class ExportSomeData(bpy.types.Operator): '''This appiers in the tooltip of the operator and in the generated docs.''' bl_idname = "export.some_data" # this is important since its how bpy.ops.export.some_data is constructed bl_label = "Export Some Data" # List of operator properties, the attributes will be assigned # to the class instance from the operator settings before calling. # TODO, add better example props path = StringProperty(name="File Path", description="File path used for exporting the PLY file", maxlen= 1024, default= "") use_setting = BoolProperty(name="Example Boolean", description="Example Tooltip", default= True) def poll(self, context): return context.active_object != None def execute(self, context): # # Bug, currently isnt working #if not self.is_property_set("path"): # raise Exception("filename not set") write_some_data(self.properties.path, context, self.properties.use_setting) return ('FINISHED',) def invoke(self, context, event): wm = context.manager if True: # File selector wm.add_fileselect(self) # will run self.execute() return ('RUNNING_MODAL',) elif 0: # Redo popup return wm.invoke_props_popup(self, event) # elif 0: return self.execute(context) bpy.ops.add(ExportSomeData) # Only needed if you want to add into a dynamic menu import dynamic_menu menu_func = lambda self, context: self.layout.operator("export.some_data", text="Example Exporter...") menu_item = dynamic_menu.add(bpy.types.INFO_MT_file_export, menu_func) # Use for running this script directly if __name__ == "__main__": bpy.ops.export.some_data(path="/tmp/test.ply")