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tdruckenmiller

05-08-2009, 09:39 PM

I am trying to create a conditional statement that checks to see if my selection is a particle, and only run if it is. I cannot seem to figure out how to query the selection's type however. I have tried nodeType, but that only returns 'transform'. Then if I use listRelatives -child I am given the shape nodes name of the selection. If anyone could help it would be greately appreciated. Thanks in advance.

rxgeez

05-09-2009, 01:18 AM

you'd want to do the nodeType on the particle shape not the transform....you can do this

//select the particle transform or shape

string $sel[] = `ls -sl -fl -dag -type "shape"`;
string $nodeType = `nodeType $sel[0]`;
if ($nodeType == "particle"){
print "Im a particle!";
}

hope this helps

-k

tdruckenmiller

05-09-2009, 05:26 AM

Thanks a lot. That does the job!

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