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Animating many objects through time
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/* Is there any way to do this sequentially

so far i have got is this */

--slice modifier
for i = 1 to selection.count do 
(local sliceMod = sliceModifier Slice_Type:2
 local capMod = Cap_holes ()
addModifier selection[i] sliceMod
 addModifier selection[i] capMod
with animate on
(at time (1+ (i*2)) sliceMod.Slice_Plane.pos = [0,0,0]
at time ((i*5) + 2) sliceMod.Slice_Plane.pos = [0,0,25])
)

--- i don’t know how to animate them sequenctially by name say box01 then box 02 and so on


3dmaxdesign 2011 64-bit
i7 2600 windows 7 64-bit
quadro 600

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Tip. Always wrap code inside CODE tags - the forum can mess scripts up so they can’t be copy/pasted (and then work if executed). Also, always state your Max version - put this in your sig so you can’t forget.

If you want the current selection sorted by name you need to manually sort it before iterating over it - selections are not guaranteed to be “in order” (actually, they tend to be in the order the objects where selected, which in tun depends on how they were selected).

(
fn SortFN V1 V2 = 
   (
   if V1.name < V2.name then
      -1
   else
      1
   )

Selected = selection as array
qsort Selected SortFN
   
for i = 1 to Selected.count do
   --whatever you like here
)

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

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Thanks for this!!!! works like a charm

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Max Design 2011
XP-64
Core 2 Duo Xeon 5160, 3.0 Ghz, 4 Gb Ram

Author: hanselmoniz
Replied: 16 January 2012 09:50 PM  
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That’s not a sig :P You have to set it in your user profile, then it will appear automatically (on posts, not on comments).

Author: Steve_Curley
Replied: 17 January 2012 12:33 AM  
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Steve i was trying to set my user profile but am getting some error here at my workplace :( on the page dunno why

BTW the hint you gave me works fine but first i pick the objects to animate in order manually then i rename them after which i use the script


3dmaxdesign 2011 64-bit
i7 2600 windows 7 64-bit
quadro 600

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Profile seems fine here - try setting it from home?

As for the order of selection - it’s basically a case of accounting for that odd occasion when you forget to select them in order, or when a co-worker “borrows” the script then claims it all goes wrong. It’s a (rather mild) example of Defensive Programming. Old habits die hard ;)

Author: Steve_Curley
Replied: 17 January 2012 08:54 PM  




   
 
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