Softimage Tip #12: Getting the Softimage version from a particular .scn file.

Version Name: Softimage 2013
Version No: 11.0.525.0
Topic: ICE
Subtopic: Topology
Difficulty Level:


The following python code checks and returns the Softimage version from which a particular .scn file is created.
They have been modified from Stephen Blair’s and Jeremie Passerie’s solution.

import os
import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree

def scene_version(PATH_OF_THE_SCN):
	version = ""
	if os.path.exists(PATH_OF_THE_SCN+"toc"):
		tree = etree.parse(PATH_OF_THE_SCN+"toc")
		root = tree.getroot()
		version = root.get("xsi_version")
	else:
		p = subprocess.Popen( 'printver %s' % PATH_OF_THE_SCN, stdout=subprocess.PIPE )
		stdout = p.stdout.readlines()
		version = stdout[-1].split(':')[1].lstrip().rstrip()
	return version

print scene_version("C:\\Users\\ChrisChia\\Documents\\softimage\\projects\\ice_test\\Scenes\\point_index_to_location2012.scn")