@ferdinand THanks! I got it to work!

I totally understand the issues with providing support for chatGPT, but don't be so hard on it, adding "c4d.FBXEXPORT_SELECTION_ONLY = True" was the work of my hands So that wasn't it's mistake.

I grabbed that command from here: https://developers.maxon.net/docs/py/2023_2/classic_resource/file_base/ffbxexport.html?highlight=fbx export

Currently i find chat GPT is super handy for commenting existing scripts and figuring out how they work.

So i am actually learning, not just pasting chat gpt code

@mogh

Thanks man, yeah im starting to catch on that it's using old code in places..

I removed the 4th parameter, but now it's giving me the error message dialogue ( something about the filepath failure.

i tried getting the filepath building from the first script, because that one actually worked, just refuses to export only selected object. but the 2nd script did not like that either..

i feel so close! yet so far away

all cards on the table, i'm using chat gpt to write this script. :)) It was very helpful at modifying existing scripts, but seems to be failing here.

after some reading i found some info about loading a plugin 1026370. so i got it to write a new script:

import os
import c4d
from c4d import documents, gui

def main():
    # Get the active document and the current path
    doc = documents.GetActiveDocument()
    doc_path = doc.GetDocumentPath()
    doc_name = doc.GetDocumentName()

    # Get the selected objects
    selected_objects = doc.GetActiveObjects(c4d.GETACTIVEOBJECTFLAGS_CHILDREN)

    # Check if there are any selected objects
    if not selected_objects:
        gui.MessageDialog('No objects selected. Please select at least one object and try again.')
        return

    # Set the FBX export path and name
    first_obj_name = selected_objects[0].GetName()
    fbx_name = '{}_{}.fbx'.format(doc_name, first_obj_name)
    fbx_path = os.path.join(doc_path, fbx_name)

    # Initialize FBX export settings
    fbx_export_settings = c4d.BaseContainer()
    fbx_export_settings.SetBool(c4d.FBXEXPORT_ASCII, True)
    fbx_export_settings.SetBool(c4d.FBXEXPORT_EMBED_TEXTURES, False)
    fbx_export_settings.SetBool(c4d.FBXEXPORT_SELECTION_ONLY, True)

    # Get the FBX exporter plugin ID
    fbx_exporter_id = c4d.FBX_EXPORTVERSION_7_5_0
    if fbx_exporter_id == 0:
        fbx_exporter_id = 1026370  # Use the plugin ID directly for Cinema 4D 2023.1

    # Export the selected objects to an FBX file
    result = documents.SaveDocument(doc, fbx_path, c4d.SAVEDOCUMENTFLAGS_DONTADDTORECENTLIST, 
                                    fbx_exporter_id, fbx_export_settings)

    if result:
        gui.MessageDialog('FBX export successful: {}'.format(fbx_path))
    else:
        gui.MessageDialog('FBX export failed. Please check the file path and try again.')

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

but now i get an error: TypeError: function takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)

I'm trying to write a simple script to export an fbx of the selected objects.

import c4d
import os

def main():
    # Get the currently open document
    doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()
    if doc is None:
        return

    # Get the selected objects
    selected_objects = doc.GetActiveObjects(c4d.GETACTIVEOBJECTFLAGS_CHILDREN)

    if not selected_objects:
        return

    # Get the file path of the currently open document
    filepath = doc.GetDocumentPath()
    if not filepath:
        return

    # Get the name of the currently open document
    docname = os.path.splitext(doc.GetDocumentName())[0]

    # Get the name of the first selected object
    first_object_name = selected_objects[0].GetName()
    

    # Create the FBX file path and name
    fbx_filepath = os.path.join(filepath, docname + "_" + first_object_name + ".fbx")
    
    #make fbx exporter only export selected object
    c4d.FBXEXPORT_SELECTION_ONLY = True

    # Export the selected objects as an FBX file
    c4d.documents.SaveDocument(doc, fbx_filepath, c4d.SAVEDOCUMENTFLAGS_DONTADDTORECENTLIST, 1026370)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

But it keeps exporting the whole scene.
Sorry im a total noob at this.