[NEWBIE] attachObjects behavior

[denisT]

Hi

I took a quick look in the forum but didn't find anything that could help me...
Here is my problem : I made a script which goes through following steps

1 - import a .3ds file
2 - create a node
3 - reparent all top nodes to this newly created node

now when i select the root node and rotate it, i expect the whole geometry to follow, but this is not happening. More than this, the reparent behavior is different each time i execute the script


any help would be very much appreciated :)



resetMaxFile #noPrompt
importfile <your_file> #noPrompt
nodes = for node in objects where node.parent == undefined collect node
master_node = <create anything that you want>
for node in nodes do node.parent = master_node


But you have to know that relink might screw up Link_Constaints. But in your case it doesn't matter. 3DS format doesn't support Link_Constraint controller (as I know) anyway.

[irakleio]

thanks for your reply

unfortunately this did not solve the problem (try 2-3 times to import the model i attached with the script, and then rotate or translate the root node. Nodes who follow the parent are not the same each time :/ ). I guess this is not a hierarchy problem, but more like my 3ds file export is not good. I guess i miss to initialize some transformation info in the file, which involve weird results

For info, when i export a model from 3ds and reimport it i don't have this strange behaviour.
When i export a model, modify and save it with my other app, and reimport in 3ds, here there is a problem


thanks again though :)

[irakleio]

problem fixed

my .3ds export (using lib3ds api v1.3.0) did not initialize transformations properly, and this involved weird result in 3DSMax

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