How to make an object unselectable??

[Blue]

I've done something similar where I've added user property data that says something like "selectable = false" and with a callback script triggered by selection changes I checked the selected objects for this value and deselected any object with this tag. Seemed to work well for my needs.

[Snape]

great thanks! Ill give that a try.

[Snape]

I cant seem to find a 'selectable' command having looked through the help.

I was hoping to write a custom attribute on my object that simply says - selectable:false

Ideally I could accomplish this without the need for a callback purely because with my limited knowledge of callbacks I presume it would be harder to install my script on others machines.

Does anyone else have any knowledge on this subject?

Thanks

Spencer

[Aearon]

this may seem like a joke, but i'm seriously starting to think about a custom user interface for animators ;)

this is just one of the reasons.

[Blue]

The selectable tag was one that assigned to the user properties. Sry this is not a max object properties.

[Blue]

Callbacks are a simple thing :)

Try the attached script to see if it does what you want.

USAGE: Select some objects, push the unselectable button, then press the big button on the bottom to enable the selection mask.

[PEN]

One of the simplest ways is to write a selection filter. Usualy you would set it up so that it makes an object selectable if a certain parameter is true, in your case you could do one that makes object selectable if the parameter isn't there.

What you are looking for is registerSelectFilterCallback.

[Snape]

Hi Blue,

Thanks for your script it seems to work.

So I assume your script triggers a callback? Callbacks only worry me because of the thought of slowing down a machine with it constantly checking the status of things but im sure if there are not too many running at the same time it wouldn't cause a problem.

I will endeavour to learn more about them and practice with them.

Thanks again Paul for your input. I will looking into that callback function and see how it fits my needs.

One solution that seems apparent would be to use a callback that monitors the unfreezeAll button and then simply refeezes any nodes within a specified array.

[Guga001]

Hi Spencer, if i correctly understood your problem, change handlers can help you. Assigning a select handler to the "unselectable" objects that will select the control object instead theoretically will do the job. I´m using "theoretically" cause i never used change handlers, made some tests at the most...

hope it helped and sorry if my english isn´t that clear,
Gustavo

[Snape]

That sounds like a good solution. I will look into that. Thanks Guga!

[Snape]

Does anyone know if you can use change handlers within a custom attribute?

Ive tried but it doesnt seem to like it.

Thanks

Spencer

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