Getting group name in Python

[Anonymous]

Hey guys

So, I have two questions:

1) See the group in the yellow? How do I get it so it says "Left Elbow Joint_Offset Group" instead of "u_Left_Elbow_Joint__Offset_Group"?

2) I want to set the attributes of the group using the setAttr command, but how do I get the name of the group for the command i.e cmds.setAttr("Left Elbow Joint_Offset Group")?

Thanks

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

1: I usually call the objects in the list by it's index that takes care of the "u_",  like this

selectionindex = selection[0]
offsetGroup = base.group(em=True, n=str(selectionindex)+"_offset_group")

Or if you need it to happen to all of the objects in the list 

for index in selection:
      offsetGroup = base.group(em=True, n=str(index)+"_offset_group")

2: You can select it by using 

cmds.select( '*_group' )
groupselection = cmds.ls(sl=True)
print groupselection[0]

for example 🙂

I hope this help.

[Anonymous]

Awesome 🙂 that seems to have done the trick, thanks!