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[klod]

hi,


this should works:

// Check if the "controllers" layer exists
string $controllers_layer[] = `ls -type "displayLayer" "controllers"`;
if (!size($controllers_layer))
{
// Check if an another object has the name "controllers" in the scene
if (!`objExists "controllers"`)
createDisplayLayer -name "controllers" -empty;
else
{
error ("a controllers object already exists in the scene. No layer created.");
}
}


in fact, there are 2 test to do: check if the display layer exists, and also check if there isn't an node named "controllers" in the scene. If you don't do this second check, and if such a node exists in the scene, the createDisplayLayer command would create a display layer named "controllers1".

Klod

[rusted_nut]

thank you for your help kold!

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