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ricardoarango
06-21-2007, 12:48 AM
I want to create a hierarchy, father and son usingmaxscript

The idea is, I have an object, with a modifier called Alouatta Object, and through a pick object button, I use attachObjects to link them together... but..

When I try that, it gives me an error:

Unable to Convert Alouatta:Alouatta Object to type: <node>

In my modifier I have this code:

on pickMesh picked obj do
(
if isValidNode obj then (
if (classOf(obj) as string) == "NxActor" then (
nxactorTxt.text = obj.name
NodeNxActor = obj
attachObjects this obj
)
)
)

The line where it fails is "attachObjects this obj", saying the "this" is not a node..

My question is: How can I get the node from my object that has the modifier?
davestewart
06-21-2007, 01:05 AM
Hmm... you seem to be muddling quite a few things up here.

if classOf obj == NxActor -- you don't need to convert the classname to a string, just check the object directly
if classof obj.modifiers[1] == NxActor -- however, this code would check the class of the first modifier

nxactorTxt.text = obj.name -- not sure what you're doing here
NodeNxActor = obj -- or here...
attachObjects this obj -- no such variable this (it will return undefined)

obj.parent = $sphere01 -- parent obj (your newly picked object) to the object called "sphere01"
ricardoarango
06-21-2007, 01:56 AM
Ok, I can now link them doing this:

obj.parent = selection[1] --> selection[1] is the object with the modifier

That works perfectly..

And unlink them with

obj.parent = undefined

Thanks..
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