topic Re: Xref Scene filter in layer/object explorers in 3ds Max Forum

Xref Scene filter in layer/object explorers

tbusseyA33GU — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:22:09 GMT

Is there any way to filter out xref scene objects from the layer/object explorers?

They don't seem to respect the xref filter (I'm assuming this only works on xref objects, not xref scenes)

Re: Xref Scene filter in layer/object explorers

A娘 — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 03:16:18 GMT

add a custom filter property when needed

global xrefobjectsel=#() global AEI_objlayer_sel_delay = timestamp() fn travelnode o = ( tempsel= for oo in o.children collect oo for oo in o.children do if oo.children.count > 0 do join tempsel (travelnode oo) tempsel ) fn refreshxref = ( xrefobjectsel=#() count=xrefs.getXRefFileCount() if count == 0 then return 0 else for i = 1 to count do ( aXref=xrefs.getXRefFile i xrefsel = for o in aXref.tree.children collect o for o in xrefsel where o.children.count > 0 do join xrefsel (travelnode o) append xrefobjectsel xrefsel ) AEI_objlayer_sel_delay = timestamp() ) fn getxrefindex theNode = ( if timestamp() - AEI_objlayer_sel_delay > 5000 do refreshxref() if xrefobjectsel.count == 0 then return 0 else for i = 1 to xrefobjectsel.count do ( if finditem xrefobjectsel[i] thenode do return i ) 0 ) SceneExplorerManager.addReadOnlyProperty "xrefindex" getxrefindex

run script above , there will be a new filter called xrefindex added to list , active advanced filter and add rule xrefindex with 0 , xref scene objects will be removed , rule with 1 , only objects in 1st xref file shows
when add xref scene , layer explorer should be closed or not add xrefindex column or rule

Re: Xref Scene filter in layer/object explorers

haifeng_yuSEVKN — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:48:49 GMT

hello @tbusseyA33GU, thanks very much for the information. I noticed that it seems like we are not able to filter out Xref scene objects from the layer/object explorers. However, we can load/unload the objects in Xref Scene editor. May I ask how you would like to fiter out the Xref objects in the explorers? Are you trying to hide/unhide objects or move them to certain layers? Thank you!

Re: Xref Scene filter in layer/object explorers

joaquim.moral — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:50:04 GMT

Hi @tbusseyA33GU,

Could you kindly confirm that you followed our colleague @haifeng_yuSEVKN's instructions? That way, we could help you more effectively.

Thanks!

Re: Xref Scene filter in layer/object explorers

haifeng_yuSEVKN — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:06:11 GMT

hell @tbusseyA33GU, thank you for posting the question about Xref Scene filter in layer/object explorers. I assume that you may need a bit of time to work on this issue, please feel free to find if the information provided is beneficial to you. Also, you could try using the suggestion provided by @A娘. Thank you @A娘 for sharing additional information.