Add option to control FBX 'empty' type through a string custom property in Blender's empty.

Based on https://developer.blender.org/D2279 by Pavel Křupala (@pavelkrupala), thanks.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/io_scene_fbx/__init__.py b/io_scene_fbx/__init__.py
index d07cccdd..055fe86e 100644
--- a/io_scene_fbx/__init__.py
+++ b/io_scene_fbx/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 bl_info = {
     "name": "FBX format",
     "author": "Campbell Barton, Bastien Montagne, Jens Restemeier",
-    "version": (3, 8, 2),
+    "version": (3, 8, 3),
     "blender": (2, 79, 1),
     "location": "File > Import-Export",
     "description": "FBX IO meshes, UV's, vertex colors, materials, textures, cameras, lamps and actions",
diff --git a/io_scene_fbx/export_fbx_bin.py b/io_scene_fbx/export_fbx_bin.py
index 58f9f7c6..58bd4586 100644
--- a/io_scene_fbx/export_fbx_bin.py
+++ b/io_scene_fbx/export_fbx_bin.py
@@ -553,13 +553,14 @@ def fbx_data_element_custom_properties(props, bid):
 
 def fbx_data_empty_elements(root, empty, scene_data):
     """
-    Write the Empty data block.
+    Write the Empty data block (you can control its FBX datatype with the 'fbx_type' string custom property).
     """
     empty_key = scene_data.data_empties[empty]
 
     null = elem_data_single_int64(root, b"NodeAttribute", get_fbx_uuid_from_key(empty_key))
     null.add_string(fbx_name_class(empty.name.encode(), b"NodeAttribute"))
-    null.add_string(b"Null")
+    val = empty.bdata.get('fbx_type', None)
+    null.add_string(val.encode() if val and isinstance(val, str) else b"Null")
 
     elem_data_single_string(null, b"TypeFlags", b"Null")