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# 1 18-07-2016 , 08:36 PM
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[Python-Scripting]Deleting non-default read-only cameras.

So i'm writing a python script that saves different shots from a scene in different .ma files.For each shot,only its camera should exist in its .ma file(besides the default ones like persp,front,etc...).Everything was working fine until i tested in one scene where there is this orthographic cameras that i never saw before(they were probably created by the artist).When my script tries to delete it, this message shows up:

# Error: Cannot delete 'Camera4:left' as it has locked or read-only children. #

and the script simply ignore this cameras e continue doing its work.

I tried use the command maya.cmds.lockNode(cam,lock = False) before the maya.cmds.delete(cam) but it seems that the real problem is that this cameras are read-only type.

Any way to delete them? thanks!
 
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Your file probably has references in it. You'll either need to import them into the scene, or add support for them into your script.
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