volume of bounding box

[dstripinis]

string $sel[] = `ls -sl`;
for ( $each in $sel )
{
float $minX = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMinX" )`;
float $maxX = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMaxX" )`;
float $minY = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMinY" )`;
float $maxY = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMaxY" )`;
float $minZ = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMinZ" )`;
float $maxZ = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMaxZ" )`;

float $xLen = ( $maxX - $minX );
float $yLen = ( $maxY - $minY );
float $zLen = ( $maxZ - $minZ );

float $vol = ( $xLen * $yLen * $zLen );

print ( $each + " has a volume of " + $vol + " units.\n" );
}

[brainspoon]

thanks for your help.
i think it would work. now i need some help with getting the rigid body of the selected object. it is next to its shape node

[brainspoon]

now i am this far

string $sel[] = `ls -sl`;
for ( $each in $sel )
{
float $minX = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMinX" )`;
float $maxX = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMaxX" )`;
float $minY = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMinY" )`;
float $maxY = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMaxY" )`;
float $minZ = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMinZ" )`;
float $maxZ = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMaxZ" )`;

float $xLen = ( $maxX - $minX );
float $yLen = ( $maxY - $minY );
float $zLen = ( $maxZ - $minZ );

float $vol = ( $xLen * $yLen * $zLen );

pickWalk -d down;

$rigid=`pickWalk -d right`;

eval ( "setAttr " + $rigid[0] + ".mass " + $vol);
};

the problem is that it stops calculating after the first object with this message

// Error: No object matches name: polySurfaceShape93.mass //

i think that is becaus i used pickwalk which might be not the best way to get the rigid body

[brainspoon]

now i got it.. thanks to all helpers. here is the script for all who want to use it


string $sel[] = `ls -sl`;
for ( $each in $sel )
{
float $minX = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMinX" )`;
float $maxX = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMaxX" )`;
float $minY = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMinY" )`;
float $maxY = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMaxY" )`;
float $minZ = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMinZ" )`;
float $maxZ = `getAttr ( $each + ".boundingBoxMaxZ" )`;

float $xLen = ( $maxX - $minX );
float $yLen = ( $maxY - $minY );
float $zLen = ( $maxZ - $minZ );

float $vol = ( $xLen * $yLen * $zLen );

string $rB=`rigidBody -q -name $each`;

select $rB;
rigidBody -e -m $vol;

};

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