topic Re: quick Noob question : search scene for object with string name in 3ds Max Programming Forum

quick Noob question : search scene for object with string name

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:20:35 GMT

bit of a noob question,
I have an alphanumeric sting and i want to select the object in my scene with the same name as that string and xray it

objectString = "abc123"

--want to get this

$abc123.xray = on

Re: quick Noob question : search scene for object with string name

Steve_Curley — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:34:51 GMT


myObj = getNodeByName "abc123"
myObj.xray = True

See the Node Common Properties page in the Maxscript help for extra options.

Re: quick Noob question : search scene for object with string name

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:49:05 GMT

Cool,
Thanks
that works better than the loop i was going to use

for obj in objects do
(
if obj.name == obj1 or obj.name == obj2 then
obj.xray = off

)

Re: quick Noob question : search scene for object with string name

Steve_Curley — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:10:00 GMT

If the names are consistent (box01, box02, box03 etc) then


for obj in &#36;box* do
   obj.xray = True

Look up "For Loops" - lots of possibilities there.

Re: quick Noob question : search scene for object with string name

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:54:55 GMT

If the names are consistent (box01, box02, box03 etc) then
for obj in &#36;box* do
   obj.xray = True
Look up "For Loops" - lots of possibilities there.

In fact, thanks to the fact property assignments are "mappable", one can even say

&#36;box*.xray = true

Re: quick Noob question : search scene for object with string name

Steve_Curley — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:27:01 GMT

In fact, thanks to the fact property assignments are "mappable", one can even say
&#36;box*.xray = true

Or even, if appropriate

geometry.xray = true

This thread is related, I believe, to this one where it did, in fact, seem appropriate - given the original code.