Convert ngSkinTools file 1to2

Hi, I wanted to write something small and quite useful. I have been pretty steady using ngSkinTools v1, but it is already a discontinued version. 

I'm going to share a small script to convert all the .ma files that are in the first version to the second version. This works for folders and subfolders. According to the internal docs, this only works if you have both versions installed. For this example I will use Maya 2020, which was the last version.

The code:

	import os
	import maya.cmds as mc
	import utilities.wrFunctions as wrFunc
	from ngSkinTools2 import api, signal
	def convert_v1_2_v2(transforms):
	for transform in transforms:
	shapes = wrFunc.getShape(transform)
	if shapes != None:
	validShape = mc.ls(shapes,type='mesh')
	if validShape != []:
	skin = wrFunc.getSkinCluster(transform)
	if skin != None:
	layers = mc.ngSkinLayer(transform,q=True,lda=True)
	if layers == True:
	api.import_v1.import_layers(transform)
	api.import_v1.cleanup([transform])
	#Iter
	ROOT_PATH_CONVERTION = '' #e.x D:/PRJ
	for root, dirs, files in os.walk(ROOT_PATH_CONVERTION):
	for file in files:
	if file.endswith('.ma'):
	#Open file
	filePath = os.path.join(root, file)
	mc.file(filePath,o=True,f=1,typ='mayaAscii')
	#Eval if has ngSkinTools
	ngData = mc.ls(type='ngSkinLayerData')
	if ngData == []:
	mc.file(new=1,force=1)
	continue
	#Create new folder
	newFilePath = os.path.join(root + '\__newLayers', file)
	if os.path.exists(root + '\__newLayers') == False:
	os.makedirs(root + '\__newLayers')
	#Convert
	transforms = mc.ls(type='transform')
	convert_v1_2_v2(transforms)
	#Save
	mc.file(rename=newFilePath)
	mc.file(s=1,f=1,typ='mayaAscii')
	#Close
	mc.file(new=1,force=1)

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This won't override the files, it will create a folder where the conversion will be saved in another .ma file. I hope you find this useful!