list selected geometry

[GiantG]

Hi..

Keep in mind, when you select an object in the viewport you select the Transform and not the Mesh.
1.)
filterExpand -ex true -sm 12;

2.)

{
string $AllTranforms[] = `ls -sl`;
select `listRelatives -c`;
string $AllMeshes[] = `ls -sl -et "mesh"`;
print $AllMeshes;
}

[Aikiman]

nvm, I just confuse you

[chayanvinayak]

thanks GiantG .
What keyword I can put instead of "mesh" to list all selected lights.
(where I can find the help library to see all "-et" arguments as Maya does not provide this).

Thanks

[butCherHeLL]

"lattice"
"nurbsSurface"
"nurbsCurve"
"stitchSrf"
"closeSurface"
"reverseSurface"
"smoothCurve"
"rebuildCurve"
"reverseCurve"
"trim"
"untrim"
"transformGeometry"
"mesh"
"detachSurface"
"groupParts"
"makeGroup"
"deleteComponent"
"subdiv"
"lattice"
"nurbsSurface"
"nurbsCurve"
"mesh"
"subdiv"
"particle"
"stitchSrf"
"makeGroup"
"insertKnotSurface"
"detachSurface"
"joint"
"light"
"transform"
"time"
"partition"
.
.
.

[chayanvinayak]

is there any keyword for selecting Lights.

:( (i could not find in ur list)

[butCherHeLL]

updated some more.

recheck list plz :wavey:

you can do with
ls -type "light"

or if you want more specify that should be like this


ls -type "ambientLight"

for more information please run the code above to see more options

[butCherHeLL]

this script will print all nodeTypes in your scene uniquely;

string $arr[]=`ls`;

$sz=size($arr);

string $newList[];

for ($nod in $arr)

{

$nd=`nodeType $nod`;

$sz=`size $newList`;

$newList[$sz]=$nd;

}

string $newList[]=stringArrayRemoveDuplicates($newList);

for ($nod in $newList)print ($nod+"\n");

[chayanvinayak]

thanks kursat turkay
sorry for not checking list properly :(.
I think I am not properly communicating. :)

I want to 'list' all the "selected lights".
( not selected geometries )
( not all the lights in he scene )

code does not work :
ls -sl -et "light";
ls -sl -type "light";

thanks
cvg

[Aikiman]

ls -sl;

or if you have other things selected also such as geometry then

ls -type "light";

[ashishdantu]

to list the 'selected' lights from the scene,

ls -sl -dag -type "light"

when we select the objects in the scene, the transform nodes are selected and so using the -dag flag will "list all Dag objects below the specified object" ......

but the -type "light" flag will return only "light" nodes under the specified object (in case you have other shape nodes parented under the selected transform nodes)..

[butCherHeLL]

another option
select `ls -type "light"`

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