Hi,

I want to select all nodes in a scene that have “moveall” in their name.
The following code only selects 1, how do I get all of them?

thx,
Brian

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getNodeByName “somename” returns a Node - it doesn’t select the node.
getNodeByName “somename” all:true returns an array of nodes. Still doesn’t select them though.

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

ok, thx. i just need to put all of them in an array and then display them for now.

doesn’t work

sorry for the newbie questions, this is my first maxscript.

brian

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Max 9 through 2009, XP-Pro x64 SP2
ASUS EAH3450 Series (Driver 8.470).
Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz, 4Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

wher d u guys lurn all thes scripts,that are realy helpful,but i m trying since one year,its beyond my understanding how to begin wid?

1: Try writing a script
2: Use the Maxscript help to work out what you did wrong
3: if if doesn’t work, GOTO 2.

In other words, there’s no easy way. You just have to learn how to use it the same way as you learn to do anything. Trial and error, read the help, the forums, books. Try again.

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

select $moveAll*

And to learn script well how about starting with all of the tutorials that ship with Max in the Max script help. It will takes lots of time. I have been at it for about 13 years.

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Learning about scripting requires alot of trial and error.
Just like the other parts of the 3d universe.

I started out with the Getting Started from the 3ds max help section.
After two years on my own i have a decent understanding of how to build your own tools and macros.
Still have far to go if i want to do advanced plugins and stuff…

ok, thx.

so now i can find all of my nulls, load them into an array, index them, and print them, but when i try to trimleft the name, i get the message: 

-- Unable to convert: $Null:C-Ly_Sheppard_Ctrl_M_Moveall @ [-125.099236,2982.529541,346.006775] to type: String

i thought the items in my array were already strings?

thx
brian

MotionBuilder 7.5 thru ...
3dsMax 2.5 thru ...

That depends on what is in the array. If you selected them by “x=$MoveAll* as array” then you have nodes, not names.

Try “print x[1].name”. If that works, then so do the new batteries in my crystal ball…

You need to post the actual code, not just the results of it, for us to have any chance of working out what’s wrong.

If you used “select $MoveAll*” then you have no array other than the built-in “Selection” collection, in which case you need to iterate over the collection “for obj in selection do” and you still need “obj.name” to get at the name.

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

ok, here is what i have so far:

and here is the output:

#($Null:C-Ly_Sheppard_Ctrl_M_Moveall @ [-125.099236,2982.529541,346.006775], $Null:C-Ly_KroganGrunt_Ctrl_M_Moveall @ [-127.410202,2940.678467,345.898529], $Null:C-Ly_Thane_Ctrl_M_Moveall @ [-123.750160,2953.046143,345.656494])
3
OK
-- Error occurred in anonymous codeblock; filename: C:\Documents and Settings\bmckee\Desktop\LayoutQC.ms; position: 178
-- Unable to convert: undefined to type: String
undefined
undefined
OK

thx
brian

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