creating pathNames with variables

[drdubosc]

oops..:blush: better shut my mouth on this forum for a couple of years..

[Dubbie]

Try to avoid execute() if at all possible.

The function you're after is getNodeByName()

[MoonDoggie]

Yes but here is your problem


tempStr = "placeHolder" ;
joint = "spine1" ;

select ($tempStr +joint ) ;-- this line won't work



Firstly, you don't need semi-colons after each line in maxscript.

You are assigning the string "placeHolder" to the variable tempStr, and "spline1" to the variable spline. Then when selecting you are adding a $ to the beginning of tempStr, but what you are actually doing is telling maxscript to find the node with the name "tempStr" like

select $Box01

What you need to do is use GetNodeByName to get the node, then you can select it however you want.


tempStr = "placeHolder" -- stores the varialbes tempStr, and joint
joint = "spine1"

theObj = getNodeByName (tempStr + joint) -- uses GetNodeByName() to get the node with the name "placeHolderspine1", saves the node in variable "theObj"

select theObj -- selects the object

[RustyKnight]

Firstly, you don't need semi-colons after each line in maxscript.You are right, you don't NEED them, but they will not cause any problems in the code...just been nit-pickey ;)

[MoonDoggie]

Bingo. Unnecessary/Undisturbing, but an extra keystroke ;)

-Colin

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