How to know the Name of the object?

[donelgreeko]

Hi,

which language? XPresso, Python, C++??

bye :)

[indeep]

just the easiest way please :P the most common used languange in all the scripts here :)

[donelgreeko]

I would recommend Python, but in this case Coffee is the easier choice because its built-in.

1)

var op;
op = doc->FindObject("name");



2)

var op;
var name;
op = GetActiveDocument()->GetActiveObject();
name = op->GetName();

[indeep]

First: Thank you very much I love you for the fast answer :)

But, I can't make them work, :( i put them in the script manager, press the button and nothing happends, i put the name "Sphere" there but the sphere with that name is not selected, etc...

Any idea what im doing wrong?

[Per-Anders]

Why not just use the inbuilt search tools? There are two, first the filter search in the OM (the little icon like a magnifying glas), and second the main "Search" that you can find in the Command maanger (jsut type search in the name filter and bring up the modeling search), just enter the name and hit enter to select.

[indeep]

Because I want to make a script that needs to begin selecting a specific object based on a name :P

[spedler]

But, I can't make them work, :( i put them in the script manager, press the button and nothing happends, i put the name "Sphere" there but the sphere with that name is not selected, etc...

Any idea what im doing wrong?

You're not doing anything wrong. The code won't select the object named 'Sphere' in the object manager, it gives you a pointer to the object so you can do something with it. Until you actually do something, nothing will be apparent in the OM.

[indeep]

You're not doing anything wrong. The code won't select the object named 'Sphere' in the object manager, it gives you a pointer to the object so you can do something with it. Until you actually do something, nothing will be apparent in the OM.

Oh thanks :) But then, whats the script to actually SELECT the object named "Sphere" on the scene when I execute the script?

[Per-Anders]

just set it's bit

object->SetBit(BIT_ACTIVE);

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