Is there a way to get the names of all cameras in a max scene, which isn`t loaded, without unloading the currently open scene?
You can use “mergeMaxFile” with “#prompt” argument to filter/select/cancel what you want in the target max file :
mergeMAXFile @"D:\path o\max\file.max" #prompt
Your current maxfile is still loaded, the target file (even big) loads fast to show objects within.
This works well if the user wants to see the camera names, but i need to access the camera names with maxscript, so i can put them into an array and put the names into a listbox for example.
you have this :
getMAXFileObjectNames <max_filename_string> [quiet:<bool>]
It only returns an array of strings, so you can’t check if classof arr[i]==Camera
You can only check for a name convention.
A solution where i can check the class of the object would be better, but “getMaxFileObjectNames” seems to be the best way possible.
Thank you.
as a workaround:
(
maxFile = @"D:\path o\my\file.max"
arr = getMAXFileObjectNames maxFile quiet:true
cams = for str in arr where (matchpattern str pattern:"*cam*") collect str
if cams.count != 0 then (
print cams
mergeMaxFile maxFile cams #select quiet:true -- do merge and select merged "*cam*" node name
if selection.count!=0 then (
wrong_objs = for c in selection where (superclassof c != camera) -- array of non camera (if any)
)
)--end if
)