Open a .ma file (ASCII) in Maya with Python?

Question

I'm trying to open a maya scene

.ma

at the end of a Python script,

the path looks like that:

G:\ProjectPath\Scene.ma

.

But the only command I know for this is MEL command:

file -f -options "v=0; p=17; f=0" -ignoreVersion -typ "mayaAscii" -o 

"G:/ProjectPath/Scene.ma"; 

addRecentFile("G:/ProjectPath/Scene.ma", "mayaAscii");

Do someone know the way to do it in Python?

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Answer 1

Here's a quick way you can do it via Python:

import maya.cmds as cmds

# Windows path version
cmds.file( 'G:/ProjectPath/Scene.ma', o = True )

# Mac path version
cmds.file( '/Users/mac/Desktop/Scene.ma', o = True )

Or try this version if you get messages like this # Error: Unsaved changes:

file_path = 'G:/ProjectPath/Scene.ma' 
cmds.file( new = True, force = True ) 
cmds.file( file_path, open = True )

Open a .ma file (ASCII) in Maya with Python?

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