MaxScript function uv.getSelectedGeomEdges broken ?

[Anonymous]

the unwrap functions like getSelectedGeomEdges or getSelectedGeomEdgesbyNode arent working anymore.
they allways return undefined when used.
is there a way to convert selected UV-Edges to Mesh Edges somehow ??

the GeomVert function works fine

thanks in advance

[Anonymous]

Broken in mine aswell.

[Steve_Curley]

Moved to the Maxscript forum (from Max 2010) - you will get better responses by posting in the most appropriate forum.

[Anonymous]

I just googled for

unwrap5.getSelectedGeomEdges()

and

getSelectedGeomEdgesByNode 

because booth return in my case as well undefined, it seems that they are Broken in 3dsMax 2010. is there a fix in the work?

Now I have a script a workaround because of this broken method in Maxscript :(

[Anonymous]

I'm trying this with Max2011 right now for a script I'm working on, and it's still broken. Seems like it just always returns Undefined.

[Anonymous]

the same in Max 2009, at least it works in Max 9

[Anonymous]

@ AUTODESK: Any response or updates on this? I am working on a script for someone and I need this functionality, its still BROKEN!!!! in max 2010. If I or my company pays such a high amount of money for 3dsMax I should be able to expect at least some support or fix.

How am I supposed to transfer UV geo selections to poly / edge bit array selections otherwise?

[Steve_Curley]

These are peer-to-peer forums, not an official support channel.

Best I can advise is to report this as a bug using the Defect Report Submission Form.

[a3dcreator]

I Myself am running into the same issue.
has anyone found a workaround or solution to the problem?

thanks.

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

I also ran into this problem and managed to get a workaround for this.
Note the solution is not really good, as it loops through basically all edges of the object.
So here's how I did it:

-- example InValues for hte function
 InObject = $;
 InCompareEdgesCount = ( polyop.getEdgeSelection InObject.baseObject ).count;

-- the function compute the selected UV GeomEdges by
-- going through all edges that are available ( InCompareEdgesCount )
-- takes also the object as input
-- returns an array of the selected edges
function fGetUVGeomEdges InObject InCompareEdgesCount =
(
 -- change to edge mode
 subobjectLevel = 2;
  OutEdges = #();
 -- get the uv edge IDs of the selected edges
 local bSOriginalUVEdges = copy ( ( InObject.modifiers.getSelectedEdgesByNode InObject ) as array ) #noMap;
 local bSEdges = 1;
 
 while bSEdges <= InCompareEdgesCount do
 (
 -- reset selection just to be sure and select the next edge
 InObject.modifiers.setSelectedGeomEdgesByNode #{} InObject;
 InObject.modifiers.setSelectedGeomEdgesByNode #{bSEdges} InObject;
 -- get the uv edges IDs of the currently selected edge
 local bSCurrentUVEdges = copy ( ( InObject.modifiers.getSelectedEdgesByNode InObject ) as array ) #noMap;
 
 -- check if the currently selected edge is one of the originally selected edges by
 -- checking if the uv edge IDs match and add the edge ID then
 if ( ( findItem bSOriginalUVEdges bSCurrentUVEdges ) != 0 ) then
 (
 OutEdges = append OutEdges bSEdges;
 
 -- check if all original edges were found by selecting the OutEdges and comparing the count of the uv edge IDs count with the original
 InObject.modifiers.setSelectedGeomEdgesByNode #{} InObject;
 InObject.modifiers.setSelectedGeomEdgesByNode ( OutEdges as bitArray ) InObject;
 local CompareCheck = copy ( ( InObject.modifiers.getSelectedEdgesByNode InObject ) as array ) #noMap;
 
 if ( CompareCheck.count == bSOriginalUVEdges.count ) then
 (
 bSEdges = InCompareEdgesCount;
 ); -- end of check
 
 ); -- end of check
 
 -- count on
 bSEdges += 1;
 ); -- end of loop
 
 -- return result
 OutEdges;
 
); -- end of function

I hope it helps.

[Babas33340]

someone found a "clean" workaround to that ?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

I Myself am running into the same issue.
has anyone found a workaround or solution to the problem?

thanks.

is it hard to ask the mesh about its edge selection?