Connect meshes in maxscript

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to connect meshes in maxscript using 3ds max 2009?

Using the UI, I would select an object, go to "Compound Objects", Connect, Pick Operands and select the other objects. But how do I do it in maxscript?

I looked at the documentation but I didn't find anything.

[Steve_Curley]

The first entry (constructor) in the Maxscript help for Connect clearly states that "Connect compound objects are not constructable by Maxscript".

[Anonymous]

Have you looked at meshop.attach()

[Steve_Curley]

Attach and Connect are entirely different things. Connect is rather like Bridge (in an Editable Poly) but between 2 separate objects, not elements of the same object.

[Anonymous]

Oh right. Sorry, I'm not at my dev pc.

[Anonymous]

I have looked at it now and, although it is not the same thing as connect, it's good enough for my purposes. Thanks. Being a Max newbie I wasn't aware of it.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but sorry, I should have explained what I wanted to do in detail. I am just following a tutorial that required me to manually connect a gazillion of spheres to a plane in order to archive a effect. But attach will also work in this case.

[Steve_Curley]

No problem - but using the correct terminology is quite important, especially in a product as complex as Max. There are many areas where similar names refer to very different operations and can easily be misconstrued by those responding to posts.