[Closed] How to pick a group object?

For this tool you need single node, so attach all nodes and then use primitive maker.

 Group object is the helper object.Also it is the parent of all geometries (group members)
 You can use many different methods to isolate only group object

 --this will collect all groups inside selection
	for o in selection where isGroupHead o collect o
	for o in selection where not isGroupMember o collect o
--if you try to isolate only top-most group then
	for o in selection where isGroupHead o and o.parent == undefined collect o
--to collect all top-most groups in the scene
	for o in helpers where isGroupHead o and o.parent == undefined collect o
  

 There is more but I think this is good for the start

rollout rltPrimitiveMaker "Primitive Maker" width:162 height:112
	(
		editText editName "Name:"
		editText editCat "Cat.:"
		
		
		 
		--fn isGeom obj = superClassOf obj == geometryClass or superClassOf obj == shape
		 
		pickButton pickObj "Pick Template Object" width:140 --filter:isGroup width:140
		
		 
		
		--this will collect all groups inside selection
		o += for obj in selection where isGroupHead obj collect obj
		o += for obj in selection where not isGroupMember obj collect obj
		--if you try to isolate only top-most group then
		o += for obj in selection where isGroupHead obj and obj.parent == undefined collect obj
		--to collect all top-most groups in the scene
		o += for obj in helpers where isGroupHead obj and obj.parent == undefined collect obj

I don’t know if I’ve done it correctly, I tried to collect all objects into a array called o,
How can I declare it?

I’d like to pick a group object which contains a set of editable meshes/polys,
Then loop thru each individual mesh/poly inside that group and add to an array of some sort then export the set out to a plugin.
Thanks
Jack

With this you can collect all geometries inside top-most group.
Use pick button and select one of the group member then look in the listener for the result.
Now you can combine you another code for “creating geometry plugin” with my code.

try(destroydialog ::rltPrimitiveMaker)catch()
rollout rltPrimitiveMaker "Primitive Maker"
(
	local groupNodes = #()
	fn filtobj o = isGroupMember o
	fn getGrandParentGroup obj = 
	(
		while (obj.parent != undefined) do obj = obj.parent
		if not isGroupHead obj do (for i in obj.children where isGroupHead i do (obj = i ; exit)) 
		obj
	)
	editText editName "Name:"
	editText editCat "Cat.:"
	pickButton pickObj "Pick Template Object" width:140 filter:filtobj
		
	on pickObj picked obj do
	(
		if obj != undefined do
		(
			local topGroup = getGrandParentGroup obj
			if topGroup.children.count != 0 do
			(
				for m in topGroup.children where isKindOf m GeometryClass and not isKindOf m Targetobject do append groupNodes m
				format "TopGroup = %
GroupNodes = %
" topGroup groupNodes
			)					
		)
	)
)
createDialog rltPrimitiveMaker 162 75 style:#(#style_titlebar, #style_sysmenu, #style_toolwindow) 

there are two mistakes in this code… it doesn’t work for groups which are grandchildren of not a group head, and it doesn’t work for nested groups

:argh: I give up. Please show me what you have
How my solution not works when throws correct result?

i will make you a test scene… wait a little

I agree about that.