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Jan 28, 2009 11:05 pm

I am very new to maxscript and am trying to write a simple script that will automatically place materials on certain objects. It seems I am having a problem. It works sometimes on some objects but not on others. When I rename the layers to something else, it always works.

Here is the code:


 myWeld = 15
 for i = 1 to objects.count do
 ( 
 if objects[i].name == "Layer:Level 10" do
 (	
 	clearSelection()
 	select #($'Layer:Level 10')
 	$.material = meditMaterials[2]
 	macros.run "Modifier Stack" "Convert_to_Poly"
 )
 if objects[i].name == "Layer:Level 9" do
  (	
  	clearSelection()
  	select #($'Layer:Level 9')
  	$.material = meditMaterials[3]
  	macros.run "Modifier Stack" "Convert_to_Poly"
  )
 )

In this case, layer 10 will do the operation, Layer nine will be ignored. Does anyone else have this problem?

12 Replies

PiXeL_MoNKeY

Jan 28, 2009 11:05 pm

So you have objects named Layer:Level 10 and Layer:Level 9? Also is that exactly the names or just close?

-Eric

em3

Jan 28, 2009 11:05 pm

The names of the objects and the names of the layers are the same. Layer 9 seems to be the one that doesn’t work. So Layer 8 works, Layer 10 works, but layer 9 doesn’t. It’s this way with all the drawings. Problem is I can’t automatically rename it because of the same problem. Maybe I should try a find and replace of the “:” as its likely this is the cause of the problem?

PiXeL_MoNKeY

Jan 28, 2009 11:05 pm

Have you verified that the Layer:Layer 9 object is convertable to a Poly object? Can you post a simple file that shows the problem?

-Eric

em3

Jan 28, 2009 11:05 pm

yeah sure thing. I dont have it here so I will have to post the file when I get to work tomorrow. Thanks dude!

em3

Jan 28, 2009 11:05 pm

for i = 1 to objects.count do
(
if objects[i].name == "Layer:Level 13" do
(	
	clearSelection()
	select #($'Layer:Level 13')
	$.material = meditMaterials[1]
)
if objects[i].name == "Layer:Level 3" do
(	
	clearSelection()
select $'Layer:Level 3'
$.material = meditMaterials[2]
)
)

test scene is at http://www.treadster.com/test.max

Thanks!!

Zbuffer

Jan 28, 2009 11:05 pm

Hi,

try this:

(
Objs = for o in objects collect o
 
for o in Objs do
(
if o.name == "Layer:Level 13" do 
( 
o.material = meditMaterials[1]
ConvertTo o Editable_Poly
)
if o.name == "Layer:Level 3" do
( 
o.material = meditMaterials[2]
ConvertTo o Editable_Poly
)
)
)

em3

Jan 28, 2009 11:05 pm

Thanks for that Zbuffer, is there a “Like” or “Contains” operator in maxscript?

em3

Jan 28, 2009 11:05 pm

I found the apropos() object instpector function[b][b] I ran this but it appears to be in an endless loop…


[/b][/b](
Objs = for o in objects collect o
 
for o in Objs do
(
if o.name == [b][b]apropos [/b][/b]"?HP?" do 
( 
o.material = meditMaterials[1]
ConvertTo o Editable_Poly
)
if o.name == [b][b]apropos [/b][/b]"?LP?"
 do
( 
o.material = meditMaterials[2]
ConvertTo o Editable_Poly
)
)

)

ZeBoxx2

Jan 28, 2009 11:05 pm

apropos is definitely not what you’re looking for – apropos exposes classes and the like to, say, a coder.

You might want to look into…

findString (finds a specific string within another string, returns position if found, undefined otherwise )
matchPattern (checks whether a specific string matches a wildcarded string (? and * wildcards), returns true/false )
regex matching (see threads in this forum; requires .NET)

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