Hey! This is a simple script I use in my day to day workflow when working with large anim sets in Maya or bringing in poses and animation I want on their own override layers.
Select all controls on your rig
Hit the “Extract” button - Your animation will now be put on a override layer above the BaseAnimation layer
Hit the Export Layer button - save your layer into a library directory
Hit the import button to bring in any previously exported layered anims on their own override layer
You can use this as a “take” tool for having entire anim sets in the one Maya file on separate layers, or simply use it as a way to sample poses and blend animations together, blend in and out of idle poses, reference against previous versions of the same animation.
Written by myself with help from Kieran O’Sullivan
