exporters now set the filepath in the invoke() method rather then the menu drawing function.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/release/scripts/io/export_ply.py b/release/scripts/io/export_ply.py
index f4d7cae75a3..7ea3c72a662 100644
--- a/release/scripts/io/export_ply.py
+++ b/release/scripts/io/export_ply.py
@@ -293,8 +293,11 @@ class ExportPLY(bpy.types.Operator):
         return {'FINISHED'}
 
     def invoke(self, context, event):
-        wm = context.manager
-        wm.add_fileselect(self)
+        import os
+        if not self.properties.is_property_set("filepath"):
+            self.properties.filepath = os.path.splitext(bpy.data.filepath)[0] + ".ply"
+
+        context.manager.add_fileselect(self)
         return {'RUNNING_MODAL'}
 
     def draw(self, context):
@@ -310,9 +313,7 @@ class ExportPLY(bpy.types.Operator):
 
 
 def menu_func(self, context):
-    import os
-    default_path = os.path.splitext(bpy.data.filepath)[0] + ".ply"
-    self.layout.operator(ExportPLY.bl_idname, text="Stanford (.ply)").filepath = default_path
+    self.layout.operator(ExportPLY.bl_idname, text="Stanford (.ply)")
 
 
 def register():