Pixyz Studio automation script to export model hierarchy and metadata as json file. Each occurrence with attached metadata will be exported as json tree. Run this script in Pixyz Studio python console

generate_model_description.py

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# [USER PARAMETER] Desired file path
FILE_PATH = 'C:/output/modeldescription.json'
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def get_metadata_dict(metadata):
	metadata_dict = dict()
	
	metadata_dict['name'] = metadata.name
	metadata_dict['value'] = metadata.value
	
	return metadata_dict
	
def get_hierarchy_dict(occurrence):
	hierarchy_dict = dict()
	hierarchy_dict['name'] = core.getProperty(occurrence, "Name")
	hierarchy_dict['children'] = [get_hierarchy_dict(child) for child in scene.getChildren(occurrence)]
	
	if scene.hasComponent(occurrence, scene.ComponentType.Metadata):
		metadata = scene.getComponent(occurrence, scene.ComponentType.Metadata)
		metadata_definitions = scene.getMetadatasDefinitions([metadata])[0]
		
		hierarchy_dict['metadata'] = [get_metadata_dict(metadata_definition) for metadata_definition in metadata_definitions]
		
		#for metadata in metadata_definitions:
		#	metadata_info = f'(name: {metadata.name}, value: {metadata.value})'
		#	print('\nmatadata ' + metadata_info)

	return hierarchy_dict

def main(root, filePath):
	hierarchy_dict = get_hierarchy_dict(root)
	
	with open(filePath, 'w') as file:
		json.dump(hierarchy_dict, file)
	
	print('\nDone: structure tree exported at ' + filePath)

main(scene.getRoot(), FILE_PATH)