[Closed] User-Defined Properties and Copy

Dec 29, 2011 2:31 pm

are user-defined props as set with setUserProp supposed to be copied with the copy() function ?
e.g.

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 nodeB = copy nodeA

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cos it doesn’t seem to work for me, works when I manually clone them not via a script.

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3 Replies

Ruramuq

Dec 29, 2011 2:31 pm

there is maxOps.cloneNodes,
that is supposed to copy more properties…

JsnB

Dec 29, 2011 2:31 pm

[i]You could write a simple function that uses the following two maxscript commands to copy the userproperties from one node to another.
For example, copyUserPropBuffer <nodea> <nodeb>

getUserPropBuffer[/i] <node> Retrieves the entire user property buffer as a string containing all the user property settings. This is effectively the contents of the User Defined Properties box in the 3ds Max Object Properties dialog

                      [i]setUserPropBuffer[/i] &lt;node&gt; &lt;string&gt; 
                      Sets the user property buffer to the given string.

Klunk1

Dec 29, 2011 2:31 pm

yeah i’d done that before posting the question, I was just curious whether it was “normal” for the userprops not to be copied.