How to save obtained model in terms of SSDMetaArch object into .pbtxt or .ckpt
To save a model represented as an SSDMetaArch object:
To save as .ckpt: Use the TensorFlow checkpointing mechanism (tf.train.Checkpoint). This saves the model weights (parameters).
To save as .pbtxt: The .pbtxt is the pipeline config file used to define the model (architecture, training settings). It’s usually saved manually or reused from the original config.
Key Point: .ckpt stores weights; .pbtxt stores model architecture/config. To fully preserve the model, save both after training or modification.