attachObjects fails to attach objects

[32loyal]

Hello,

Iam trying to take two nodes and put node2 into node1 but when i run the script it gives me a error saying Unable to convert:#($LOD222) to type:<node>.It seems that the node variables arent actually of type node,i dont know what i need to call to get the correct variable types.any help is appreciated

node1 =  getNodeByName "LOD222" exact:true ignoreCase:false all:true
node2 =  getNodeByName "_e94c_Var1_LOD3" exact:true ignoreCase:false all:true

attachObjects node1 node2 move:true

[istan]

why don't you check in the mxs-listener what the contents of node1 and node2 are?

[32loyal]

Sorry I didn't mention IAM still new to max script how exactly would I do this?

[miauuuu]

Try this:

(
node1 = selection[1]
node2 = selection[2]
node2.parent = node1
node2.pos = node1.pos
)

[ads_royje · Accepted solution]

Hi @32loyal ,

in the message error : Unable to convert:#($LOD222) to type:<node>

is because #($LOD222) is an array of 1 node, not a node.

The getnodebyname will return an array of nodes instead of a node when the all:true argument is passed.

Either use node1[1] and node2[1] to get the first node of the array of node or remove the all:true argument.

Regards,

[32loyal]

Ok perfect this all makes sense now, that its returning a array instead of a single node your solution and @miauuuu would work the only difference is i would need a "max select" command for miauuuu solution.I've opted to set the all parameter in getNodyByName to false to only get a single node.Thanks for everyones help and input i appreciate it

[miauuuu]

You can use my code without selecting any objcets. Its just need a little modification:

(
	node1 =  getNodeByName "LOD222" exact:true ignoreCase:false all:false
	node2 =  getNodeByName "_e94c_Var1_LOD3" exact:true ignoreCase:false all:false
	node2.parent = node1
	node2.pos = node1.pos
)