[Closed] Merge in Xref Objects?

I don’t think there is a straight function call for merging xrefs, but here is a quick function that merges in the associated Max file:

  fn mergeXRef xRefObj = (
 
 	try (
 		mergeMAXFile xRefObj.filename #(xRefObj.objectName) #select #deleteOldDups #useMergedMtlDups #alwaysReparent quiet: true
 		newNode = $
 		
 		delete xRefObj
 		xRefObj = newNode
 		return true
 	)
 	catch(
 		return false
 	)
 	
 	
 )
 
 success = mergeXRef $
 
        

i am trying to do the same thing… merge all xref entries to the current scene…
can someone explain the code above?

or tell me how i can merge all xref objects comming from a file i know the path for ? for example “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009\Scripts\Startup\1.max”

Check the interface:objXrefMgr in the maxscript help:

Interface: objXRefMgr [left]<bool>objXRefMgr.MergeRecordIntoScene <Interface>record
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[left]record Validated by Validator function
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[left]Merges the specified record into the scene. Returns true on success, false on failure. See IXrefRecord MixinInterface for details on the record argument.
-Eric
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i am new to maxscripting and some of the instructions in max’s maxscript help are a bit above my head …
so, i still can get it to work…

say its xrefs from this “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009\Scripts\Startup\1.max” file that i want to be merged how do i get objXRefMgr.MergeRecordIntoScene to do that for me?

ok i finally used the following code to completely merge the xrefed objects in scene

objs = getCurrentSelection() 
 for i in objs do 
 (
 objXRefMgr.MergeXRefItemsIntoScene i
 objXRefMgr.MergeXRefItemsIntoScene i.material
 objXRefMgr.MergeXRefItemsIntoScene i.controller
 )

Opps, forgot to say thanks for this! I managed to get what i wanted by not merging and instead editing the baseobject of the xref, saved a load of pipeline hassle!