Merging all objects under helper

[SoLiTuDe]

Not directly that i know of... the easiest thing to do is write a function that will merge everything, then delete the stuff that you don't want. Only other way I know of is to write that data out in the first place on file save (from the file with the helper).

[cridalab]

Not directly that i know of... the easiest thing to do is write a function that will merge everything, then delete the stuff that you don't want.

oh really...
Is there a property to determine what objects are children of a Dummy Helper? Like what isGroupMember does for groups.

[JHN]

$object.parent.name


-Johan

[AkramParvez]

Try this:


ObjAry = getMAXFileObjectNames file
mergeMAXFile file ObjAry #select

deselect $helper_name.children
deselect $helper_name
delete $


$helper_name.children this will give array of children of the helper..

[SoLiTuDe]

^That's pretty much exactly what I was thinking.
Something to watch out for are layers -- if something comes in to a hidden layer (ie layer 0 but layer 0 is hidden) it won't be selected after the merge.

[cridalab]

thanks Akram - just what I was needed.
And thanks for the warning SoLiTuDe about hidden layers.

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