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[Closed] Set Active Layer via Maxscript

 
 powercreative
Oct 07, 2015 7:04 pm

This seems so simple to be able to do. Yet it is not.

with maxscript I want to be able to set the active layer to a called “duplicatesGarbage”.

I have tried all kinds of syntax options and nothing works. Anyone care to be generous and help? It has to be a simple one liner, but I get nothing but script execution error for everything I’ve tried.

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 PolyTools3D
Oct 07, 2015 7:04 pm

EDIT: I misunderstood the question.

Try this:

(LayerManager.getLayerFromName "duplicatesGarbage").current = true
 powercreative
Oct 07, 2015 7:04 pm

I was so close, I assumed
(LayerManager.getLayerFromName “duplicatesGarbage”).current = 1
was the same as
(LayerManager.getLayerFromName “duplicatesGarbage”).current = true
but apparently 0 and 1 aren’t boolean values in Maxscript world.

Thanks for your time and a working answer… cheers!

 PolyTools3D
Oct 07, 2015 7:04 pm

Unfortunately yes, 0 and 1 are not Boolean values in MXS.

You can use true/on and false/off instead.