Python script to select group

[megazor]

Hej! 🙂

I want to select a specific (selection?) group in my scene using Python.

I'm on Motionbuilder 2019.

The idea is to make this line of code part of an export script or a hotkey for selecting the content of a specific group.

It feels like this should be simple, but I haven't been able to figure it out or find a solution for it on the interwebs. 🙂

Thanks in advance!

//Martin

[vdebaie · Accepted solution]

try this:

from pyfbsdk import *

def GetGroupedObjects(groupName=str):
    ##This will unselect all objects within your scene
    for comp in FBSystem().Scene.Components:
        comp.Selected = False
    ##This will select only the objects that are in the desired group    
    for group in FBSystem().Scene.Groups:
        if groupName == group.Name:
            for n in range(group.GetSrcCount()):
                group.GetSrc(n).Selected = True

            
##Replace "MyGroup" with the name of the group that has the objects you want selected
GetGroupedObjects("MyGroup")

[megazor]

@vdebaie

This is great! Thank you very much! It seems to do just what I hoped for 🙂