maxscript morpher channel name

[Anonymous]

please i want to write maxscript code to set morpher value by using channel name not by channel_index

WM3_MC_SetValue $.Morpher 1 20.0

WM3_MC_SetValue $.Morpher $Teapot002 20.0

or

$.morpher[1].value = 50

$.morpher[Teapot002].value = 50

[davidlanier]

Hi,

I am not sure this is feasible directly though you could do :

--this is pseudo code, I haven't tested it :

function GetIndexFromName name =
(
 index = -1 --Not found yet
 numchannels = WM3_NumberOfChannels ($.morpher)
 for iChannel = 1 to numchannels do(
    string_nodename = WM3_MC_GetName ($.morpher) iChannel
    -- could also use <node>WM3_MC_GetTarget to get the node directly
   if (nodename == name)do (
       index = iChannel
       break
   )
 )
index --This returns the index value
)

idx = GetIndexFromName "Teapot002"
if( idx != -1) do(
  WM3_MC_SetValue $.morpher idx 20
)

Regards,

[Anonymous]

thank you for your response

the code not working

i searched about this function in past time and find a function not documented in maxscript help do this but i can not remember the code now

it was one line or tow lines only

please try to find it to me

and try to tell developers in Autodesk 3ds max to add this function to morpher class beacuse it very useful

thanyou

like this

WM3_MC_SetValuebyname $.morpher Teapot002 100