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ARTillery
06-20-2006, 06:37 PM
hello,

I'm trying to make a script to reset the position of the selected object to zero, I also want to include the options to reset the x, y, or the z axis of the object, but I always come with an error..can someone tell me what am I doing wrong with this and if there's a better way to do it?

thanx in advance.


rollout objpos "Utilities"
(

radiobuttons zero_type labels:#("X","Y","Z","all") default:4 --setting up radio group

button zeroout "Origin" --making the reset button

type = zero_type.state -- collecting the radio group selection


on zeroout pressed do
(

if type == 1 do
(
$.pos.x = 0
)
else
{
if type == 2 do
$.pos.y = 0
)
else
(
if type == 3 do
$.pos.z = 0
)
else
{
if type == 4 do
$.pos = [0,0,0]
)

)
)
createdialog objpos
jonlauf
06-20-2006, 11:24 PM
Is there a reason you are setting your zero_type.state to a variable? The following works fine for me:


rollout objpos "Utilities"
(

radiobuttons zero_type labels:#("X","Y","Z","all") default:4 --setting up radio group
button zeroout "Origin"

on zeroout pressed do
(
if zero_type.state == 1 then
(
$.pos.x = 0
)
if zero_type.state == 2 then
(
$.pos.y = 0
)
if zero_type.state == 3 then
(
$.pos.z = 0
)
if zero_type.state == 4 then
(
$.pos = [0,0,0]
)
)
)
createdialog objpos


Also, be careful, I noticed you had a couple "{" characters instead of standard "()" parenthesis. Let me know if this helps.

--Jon
ARTillery
06-21-2006, 06:52 AM
Thank you for your help, It works fine now, thanks to you :)
it was the "{"..where did that come from? :P

but after I fixed those, I still get some errors, and I still dont know the reason.

I set the radiobutton state to a variable after I got the errors, I thought maybe this will help.

next step is to make the same thing to sub-objects, wish me luck and thanks for your help.
Bobo
06-21-2006, 08:32 AM
Thank you for your help, It works fine now, thanks to you :)
it was the "{"..where did that come from? :P

but after I fixed those, I still get some errors, and I still dont know the reason.

I set the radiobutton state to a variable after I got the errors, I thought maybe this will help.

next step is to make the same thing to sub-objects, wish me luck and thanks for your help.

The code jonlauf posted seems to work as expected.
A possible optimization would be of course

rollout objpos "Utilities"
(
radiobuttons zero_type labels:#("X","Y","Z","all") default:4
button zeroout "Origin"
on zeroout pressed do
(
case zero_type.state of
(
1: $.pos.x = 0
2: $.pos.y = 0
3: $.pos.z = 0
4: $.pos = [0,0,0]
)
)
)
createdialog objpos

On the other hand, this script is not even needed as you can get the same effect using the Transform Type-In Dialog... just right-click the world position spinners' arrows and the selected objects will go to the origin.
ARTillery
06-21-2006, 11:33 AM
Thanx for the optimization Bobo, your "Maxscript for the Masses" was great..it's what inspired me to start scripting in the first place :)

well..I'm starting the script..max has this annoying feature wich if you have a couple of vertices selected and they don't have the same X value for instance..if you right click on the transform type-in spinner..it doesn't put them all at zero..instead it avarege the distance accordingly..I don't know if this made sense, but I think you know what I'm talking about.

as I said..eventually I will make this script, hopefully with cgtalk guys help, I will make the script does that exactly..making the vertices jump to zero when pressing the button.
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