[Closed] Selecting objects by name?

select (getNodeByName "Box01") -- selects only Box01

or…

select (execute ("$Box*")) -- selects Box01, Box02, BoxTop, BoxEtc

or…

for o in objects do (
	-- selects Box01, Box02, BoxTop, BoxEtc, without using an execute()
	if (matchPattern o.name pattern:"Box*") do ( selectMore o )
)

from either of those it’s just some string manipulation to get the ones you want

Hi dieselll,
take a look at “Pathname Literals” in MaxScript Reference, probably you don’t need a loop.

aw (late)

Richard, you forgot:

select (for item in $Box* collect item)

• Enrico

yea it really works but unfortunetly i cant integrate it with the rest of my script …

this is the script i am working on now

for i in selection do 
(
 addModifier i (uvwmap maptype:4 MapChannel:2)
 
)
for o in getclassinstances VrayMtl do
  (
  try
  (
  mtlBrowser.browseFrom #selected
  o.texmap_diffuse.coords.mapchannel = 2
 Showtexturemap o o.texmap_diffuse on
  )
  catch()
  )

and i want to select objects by name instead of selecting it by mouse … can anybody help me plz

Naw, that’s the same as…

select (execute ("$Box*"))

more to the point… your line there collapses to:

select $Box*

The only reason for the execute is if you need things named dynamically, which requires the string manipulations implied

Just replace…

   for i in selection do 
   

…with…

  for i in $Box* do
  

?

Edit: … which of course you already got answered in:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=5860417#post5860417

Try not to post the same question to multiple threads

You outsmarted me, it was just a joke

A horse and a cow enter a bar…

Sorry to be off topic, but couldn’t resist… Richard, are you referring to this? Well, that’s brilliant!

• Enrico

short posts are awesome… darn forum.

so err… diesell – all sorted?