Split maya render layers to files

Question

I am trying to make a script in maya to export render layers to separate files. Though I am not clear on the logic to be applied for the script. I dont want any code just the procedure. Can anyone please help. Thanks in advance to all.

Why do you want to separate them into separate files? I am asking because there might be a better solution to what you want to achieve than by splitting the file by render layers. — kartikg3, Mar 22 '15 at 13:13
Actually in the studio I work in has asked me to do so. According to their back of the envelope calculations splitting huge files into layers decreases the render time on muster. Thats all I know about it. — Gaurav, Mar 23 '15 at 18:42
That doesn't make sense because all Muster is doing is opening Mayabatch with file specific parameters to render. Muster isn't doing the rendering. Also opening and loading up a Maya file each time might actually take more time than to load it up once and cycle through render layers. — kartikg3, Mar 25 '15 at 22:59

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 23 '15 at 17:21

You can get all the render layers with

cmds.ls(type='renderLayer')

and the contents of each layer with

cmds.editRenderLayerMembers('layer-name-here', q=True)

You'l have to decide for yourself how to deal with objects that exist in multiple layers and so on.

Split maya render layers to files

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