Rewriting this better and cleaner

[Wick3dParticle]

Hey Efecto...


First off, looks like you have a few undeclared vars in your script.
If I understand what you are trying to achieve correctly, then a shorter version of that would look something like this:

string $myMeshes[] = `ls -type "mesh"`;
string $myTransforms[] = `listRelatives -parent $myMeshes`;
select $myTransforms;
print (size($myTransforms) + " geos were selected!\n");

Best,

~Ilan

[efecto]

ah I meant this

// Select only geo
string $dmGeoShape[] = `ls -type "mesh"`;
string $dmGeos[];
for ($each in $dmGeoShape) {
string $dmGeoTr[] = `listTransforms $each`;
appendStringArray($dmGeos,$dmGeoTr,1);
}
select $dmGeos;
print (size($dmGeos) + " geos were selected!\n");

that is great thank you wickedParticles.

Hey Efecto...


First off, looks like you have a few undeclared vars in your script.
If I understand what you are trying to achieve correctly, then a shorter version of that would look something like this:

string $myMeshes[] = `ls -type "mesh"`;
string $myTransforms[] = `listRelatives -parent $myMeshes`;
select $myTransforms;
print (size($myTransforms) + " geos were selected!\n");

Best,

~Ilan

[efecto]

hi there. When trying to run wickedParticle's script I'm getting

// Error: line 3: More than one object matches name: __:name_of_GEO

[r4inm4ker]

it means that you have non-unique short names for your nodes.
either you rename them to unique ones or query the full names:

string $myTransforms[] = `listRelatives -parent -f $myMeshes`;

[efecto]

it means that you have non-unique short names for your nodes.
either you rename them to unique ones or query the full names:

string $myTransforms[] = `listRelatives -parent -f $myMeshes`;

Thanks both to you.

[Pyrokinesis]

You don't need a loop. As with everything in Python or Mel, there are many ways to achieve the same result.


#Python

import maya.cmds as mc

geoShapes = mc.ls(type = "mesh")
geoTranny = mc.listRelatives(geoShapes, parent=True)
mc.select(geoTranny)

howMany = str(len(geoShapes))
print howMany + ' Geo Was selected'



Just a tip in Mel you can use:
printn "Something";

printn prints with a new line

Good Luck

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