[Closed] how to divide an object

someone gave me this script but i forgot who… pretty usefull

macroScript DetachElements category:"HacksawTOOLS" tooltip:"Split elements into seperate objects" ButtonText:"DetachElements"
(
on isEnabled return
(selection.count >=1)
on execute do
(--start execute loop

--********************************************************************************************************   FUNCTION DEFINITIONS START 
 local DetachPolyElements_fn, DetachSplineElements_fn, DetachMeshElements_fn
 
 FN DetachPolyElements_fn SourceOBJ =
 (--start function for detaching elements from an editable poly object
  MasterObj = SourceOBJ 
  faceCount = MasterObj.getnumfaces()
  
  FaceTest = ((MasterObj.getnumfaces()) != 0)
  
  for ii in 1 to faceCount while FaceTest do --ends loop when there are no faces left to select
  (--start element detach loop
   newName = (uniquename (MasterObj.name as string))
   
   MasterObj.EditablePoly.SetSelection #Face #{1}
   MasterObj.selectElement()
   TargetElement = polyop.getFaceSelection MasterObj
   polyop.detachFaces MasterObj TargetElement asNode:true name:newName
   
   NewObj = getnodebyname newName
   resetXForm NewObj 
   convertTo NewObj (Editable_Poly)
   ResetTransform NewObj 
   ResetScale NewObj 
   ResetPivot NewObj 
   centerpivot NewObj
   FaceTest = ((MasterObj.getnumfaces()) != 0)
  )--end element detach loop
  delete MasterObj 
 )--end function for detaching elements from an editable poly object
 
 FN DetachSplineElements_fn SourceOBJ =
 (--start function for detaching from editable splines
  MasterSpline = SourceOBJ 
  ns = numsplines MasterSpline  
 
  for i in 1 to ns do	-- for each element in the spline it re-orders the elements
  (
   tempMaster = copy MasterSpline 
   tempMaster.name = (MasterSpline.name + "_Element_" + (i as string))
   select tempMaster 
   setFirstSpline tempMaster i
   
   for ii = ns to 2 by -1 do	-- deletes all of the elements except the first one
   (
	deleteSpline tempMaster ii
   )
   select MasterSpline
  )
  delete MasterSpline 
 )--end function for detaching from editable splines
 
 FN DetachMeshElements_fn SourceOBJ =
 (--start function for detaching elements from an editable Mesh object
  MasterObj = SourceOBJ
  convertTo MasterObj (Editable_Poly) 
  faceCount = MasterObj.getnumfaces()
  
  FaceTest = ((MasterObj.getnumfaces()) != 0)
  
  for ii in 1 to faceCount while FaceTest do --ends loop when there are no faces left to select
  (--start element detach loop
   newName = (uniquename (MasterObj.name as string))
   
   MasterObj.EditablePoly.SetSelection #Face #{1}
   MasterObj.selectElement()
   TargetElement = polyop.getFaceSelection MasterObj
   polyop.detachFaces MasterObj TargetElement asNode:true name:newName
   
   NewObj = getnodebyname newName
   resetXForm NewObj 
   convertTo NewObj (Editable_Mesh)
   ResetTransform NewObj 
   ResetScale NewObj 
   ResetPivot NewObj 
   centerpivot NewObj
   FaceTest = ((MasterObj.getnumfaces()) != 0)
  )--end element detach loop
  delete MasterObj 
 )--end function for detaching elements from an editable Mesh object
--********************************************************************************************************   FUNCTION DEFINITIONS END 
 
 max create mode
 ObjsSource = getCurrentSelection() --create array of all selected objects
 if ObjsSource[1] == undefined then messagebox "Nothing is selected!"	-- checks to see something is selected
   
 else for obj in 1 to ObjsSource.count do with redraw off
 (--start Object loop
  SourceOBJ = ObjsSource[obj]
  if (classof SourceOBJ  == editable_poly) then (DetachPolyElements_fn SourceOBJ)   -- operates only on those objects that are editable polys
  else if (classOf SourceOBJ == SplineShape or classOf SourceOBJ == line) then (DetachSplineElements_fn SourceOBJ)	-- operates only on those objects that are splines
  else if (classOf SourceOBJ == Editable_Mesh) then (DetachMeshElements_fn SourceOBJ)  -- operates only on those objects that are editable meshes
 )--end Object loop
 max views redraw
)--end execute loop
)

“Hacksawtools” sounds like our very own Chris Harvey