selecting objects by name

[ZeBoxx2]

select (getNodeByName "Box01") -- selects only Box01


or...


select (execute ("$Box*")) -- selects Box01, Box02, BoxTop, BoxEtc


or...


for o in objects do (
-- selects Box01, Box02, BoxTop, BoxEtc, without using an execute()
if (matchPattern o.name pattern:"Box*") do ( selectMore o )
)


from either of those it's just some string manipulation to get the ones you want

[SyncViewS]

Hi dieselll,
take a look at "Pathname Literals" in MaxScript Reference, probably you don't need a loop.

aw :/ (late)

Richard, you forgot:
select (for item in $Box* collect item):D

- Enrico

[dieselll]

yea it really works but unfortunetly i cant integrate it with the rest of my script ....

this is the script i am working on now

for i in selection do
(
addModifier i (uvwmap maptype:4 MapChannel:2)

)
for o in getclassinstances VrayMtl do
(
try
(
mtlBrowser.browseFrom #selected
o.texmap_diffuse.coords.mapchannel = 2
Showtexturemap o o.texmap_diffuse on
)
catch()
)

and i want to select objects by name instead of selecting it by mouse .... can anybody help me plz :)

[ZeBoxx2]

Hi dieselll,
Richard, you forgot:
select (for item in $Box* collect item):D


Naw, that's the same as..

select (execute ("$Box*"))


more to the point.. your line there collapses to:
select $Box*
The only reason for the execute is if you need things named dynamically, which requires the string manipulations implied :)

[SyncViewS]

You outsmarted me, it was just a joke :D

[ZeBoxx2]

i want to select objects by name instead of selecting it by mouse .... can anybody help me plz



Just replace....

for i in selection do


...with...

for i in $Box* do

?

Edit: ... which of course you already got answered in:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=5860417#post5860417

Try not to post the same question to multiple threads ;)

[ZeBoxx2]

You outsmarted me, it was just a joke :D
A horse and a cow enter a bar... ;)

[SyncViewS]

Sorry to be off topic, but couldn't resist... Richard, are you referring to this (http://www.bearingyourarts.com/scripts/acowandahorse.pdf)? Well, that's brilliant! :D

- Enrico

[ZeBoxx2]

:thumbsup:

short posts are awesome.. darn forum.

so err.. diesell - all sorted?

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