How can I get a shape node name from existing object?

[azshall]

Hi there,

How can I get a shape node name after object has been created?

Basically, I want to check the object type of existing object.

For example, I select a polyCube (pCube1 polyCube1), then try below:

string $selected[] = `ls -sl -fl`;
string $type = objectType ($selected[0]);

$type always have "transform" instead of "polyCube"...

Thanks

close :)


string $selected[] = `ls -sl`;
string $shape[] = `listRelatives -s $selected[0]`;
string $type = `nodeType $shape[0]`;

print("The shapeNode is: " + $shape[0] + "\n");
print ("The type is : " + $type + "\n");

[r4inm4ker]

maybe this command is what you want: `ls -sl -fl -dag -type "shape"`
`ls` is a very powerful command, and you may try a lot of combination to get interesting results.

[Mikademius]

You could also pickWalk :) Not the best one suited for this task maybe, but it also does the job you can do with your arrows on the keyboard.

[Buexe]

I would use the ls and listRelatives commands like azshall already said. Since you are working with selections, it is a little bit safer to use ls with the -long flag, so that you get the full dag path. The appropriate flag with listRelatives is -path. This helps to prevent errors when you have different objects with the same name in the scene.

[Nat7]

Thank you everyone!

Both "listRelatives" and "`ls -sl -fl -dag -type "shape"`" command worked!

You guys are fantastic.

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