I am using this:

MItDependencyNodes it(MFn::kMesh);

to get a list of the meshes in the scene.  The problem is when I have say 3 meshes to start with, a cube, a sphere, and a plane.  If i get them, there are in fact 3 as there should be.  If I select 2 of them and do “mesh -> combine” it makes a polySurface object in maya.  If I run again my MItDependencyNodes it(MFn::kMesh); there are FOUR things, all of type mesh: sphere, plan, cube AND polySurface

Is there a way i can get only the polySurfaces and the meshes that are NOT part of a polySurface?

Thanks,

Dave

you can check if it is a “sub” or “intermediate” object with:

if (!fnMesh.isIntermediateObject() )