[Closed] Using the for variable to select objects by name

Jan 20, 2012 6:45 pm

Hi, I’m newbie in Maxscript, and I’m trying to select objects (get the position of it) inside a for loop using their names…

like this:

for b = 1 to 8 do
(
p = $box[b].pos  (for get the position of box001)

print p

)

But it doesn’t work… :curious: How can I do it??

3 Replies

miauu

Jan 20, 2012 6:45 pm

Use this:

(
       for i = 1 to 8 do
       (
	         p = ( execute ("$teapot00"+(i as string)) ).pos
            print p
       )
 )

or this:

(
       for i = 1 to 8 do
       (
	         p =  (getnodebyname ("teapot00"+(i as string))).pos
	         print p
       )
 )

Hobbs

Jan 20, 2012 6:45 pm

 (
  	local searchName = "box"
  
  	local MultipleNodes = for o in objects where matchpattern o.name pattern:("*"+searchName +"*") collect o
  
  	for obj in MultipleNodes  do print (obj.name + ": " + obj.pos as string)
  )

Basically you change searchName to whatever name you are looking for. The * is a wild card, so in this case you could have something called ‘aboxz’ and it would add it to the list. Remove them to make it more specific.

Hope this helps

Parda

Jan 20, 2012 6:45 pm

Many thanks!