Pivot Point

[EricDLegare]

for x in selection do x.pivot = x.center

Would take evry pivot of the selection and center it to it's center.

Hope it helps and that I didn't make a fool of myself by doing a mistake :D

[Gravey]

EricDLegare's suggestion should work however this is shorter and potentially faster:
centerPivot selection

[DarkNemos]

Thanks people....

A few minutes of modeling saved :)

[EricDLegare]

EricDLegare's suggestion should work however this is shorter and potentially faster:
centerPivot selection


... So there is a CenterPivot function :blush:

[DarkNemos]

Are there any other functions that maxscript listener doesnt record?

[EricDLegare]

Yes, like the "Align" tool dosen't get recorded int he listener. The Rename objects too I think, I think it's a matter of if the tool is a script itself :D

[DarkNemos]

Yes, like the "Align" tool dosen't get recorded int he listener. The Rename objects too I think, I think it's a matter of if the tool is a script itself :D

Thanks mate.... i dont use these options very often so i can live them out of my toolbar :)

:p

[Gravey]

... So there is a CenterPivot function :blush:
Sure is! It's a mapped function too so its quite handy as you can imagine

[martroyx]

Maybe even faster centerpivot $ images/icons/icon7.gif

[Gravey]

Maybe even faster centerpivot $ images/icons/icon7.gif
not quite true since $ can return 1 of 3 things:
1. undefined when no objects are selected
2. the current selected object when only 1 object is selected
3. an array containing the current selection if 2 or more objects are selected

The problem is that if no objects are selected, and you use CenterPivot $, you will get an error since $ returns undefined and the CenterPivot function requres an object or array of objects to be passed as the argument.
Selection will always return an array of the currently selected object(s) or an empty array if none are selected. So, by using CenterPivot Selection, there will never be an error since it can never be undefined.
using $ is usually fine in the listener but I try not to use it in scripts without first checking that there is only 1 object selected eg. if selection.count == 1 then centerpivot $

[soulburn3d]

Are there any other functions that maxscript listener doesnt record?

Thousands and thousands of functions :) The macrorecorder is a good place to start, then if it doesn't help, the helpfile should be next, followed by interrogating the object itself like using functions like "show properties", which will reveal functions that aren't even in the help file.

- Neil

[martroyx]

not quite true since $ can return 1 of 3 things:
1. undefined when no objects are selected
2. the current selected object when only 1 object is selected
3. an array containing the current selection if 2 or more objects are selected


Thank for the info that was much helpfull :thumbsup:
so $ will return an array ...can I record it for further acess like : myarray = #($) ?

[Gravey]

Thank for the info that was much helpfull :thumbsup:
so $ will return an array ...can I record it for further acess like : myarray = #($) ?
you can by saying: myarray = $ as array however for the same reasons i listed above, you should always use: myarray = selection as array instead

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