a joint called:

jt_lt_ArmBone

I want to replace the “Bone” with nothing:

jt_lt_Arm

and say I want to do this with like 50 joints.
basically just to find the word “Bone” and take it out.

is this possible with MEL?

I use the Comet Rename script. It’s part of the Comet Tools (some others of which you may find useful), from Michael Comet: http://www.comet-cartoons.com/.  Usually, I am replacing prefixes, but what you do is select all the joints you want to rename, set the search field to “Bone” and the replace field leave empty.

<* Wes *>

or you could use maya’s search and replace tool under the edit or modify menu, saves having to download anything.

search for “Bone”, replace with “” (leave field blank).

Lee Dunham | Character TD
ldunham.blogspot.com

replacing with a blank doesnt seem to work. I get a error: wrong arguments.

ahh my bad, try the cometRename tool. I was sure it worked though… must’ve been mistaken for the scriptEditor’s search and replace…

Lee Dunham | Character TD
ldunham.blogspot.com

you can’t leave the field “” blank, you need to give it a “ “ space otherwise Maya moans

Doesn’t the search and replace work on joints? Cant get it to work on joints :/