subprocess_fails.py

import os
import subprocess


def modo_start():
    modo_cl = "/Volumes/ProjectsRaid/x_Pipeline/x_AppPlugins/modo/modo_10.2v1.app/Contents/MacOS/modo_cl"
    modo_proc = subprocess.Popen(modo_cl,
                                 stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 universal_newlines=True,
                                 shell=False)

    print(modo_proc.stdout.readline())
    print(modo_proc)

    return modo_proc


def modo_cad_convert(modo_process=None, items=None):
    modo_proc = modo_process

    for item in items:
        itemname = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(item))[0]
        output = os.path.dirname(item)
        cad_output = output + os.sep + itemname + ".lxo"

        modo_proc.stdin.write('!scene.open {}\n'.format(item))
        print(modo_proc.stdout.readline())


modo_proc = modo_start()
items = ["/Volumes/ProjectsRaid/WorkingProjects/mccroreydigital/mcd-2017_001-ljsmith_batch_processor/work/ljsmith_batch_processor/PaulUploads/ProjectAssets/TestModels/LJ-5360-34.step",
         "/Volumes/ProjectsRaid/WorkingProjects/mccroreydigital/mcd-2017_001-ljsmith_batch_processor/work/ljsmith_batch_processor/PaulUploads/ProjectAssets/TestModels/LJT-2015.STEP"]
modo_cad_convert(modo_process=modo_proc, items=items)