is it possible to retrieve the value of a custom attribute in a nominated node from an external Max file?
I don’t think it would be, you could get the CA def it self as it is not in binary form in the Max file the last time I looked. But I don’t think that you will be able to get any more information about it.
thanks Paul. How would I go about getting the CA Def?
I wouldn’t know how to retrieve data from a binary file, but I know max2010 files are basicly zip files. Downloading 7zip and inspecting it’s components you’ll find a “scriptedCustAttribDefs” entry, which upon opening in a text editor shows lot’s of ascii where you can clearly see the CA defs. But there’s also some bits and pieces that do not look like ascii and I wouldn’t know how to deal with those.
Maybe this helps somewhat,
-Johan