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getting object selection from map

By cdb · 2015-10-26

Description

Hi, i'd like to be able to get a selection of objects based on the presence of a map in the object's material

right now for a specific material i do use something like 

 on findvrblend pressed do (for o in objects where classof o.material == VRayBlendMtl do selectmore o)

this will let me search and select all the objects that have a vrayblendmtl

however (of course) this wont work if i try to get the material through a map in the material slot, let say a vraydirt.

i'm guessing i need to write it to an array which i can get with 

 getclassinstances vraydirt

however i can't go further i spent about an afternoon in searchings and lots of tests but i can't get a clue.

thankyou in advance
cdb

Comments (6)

cdb · 2015-10-28

yes i tryed it, however it looks to me it work only on bitmaptextures and with a specific name not entire class (for example vraydirt or vraycolor etc...), plus i'd like to embedd it in a wider utility i'm trying to get around. i'm pretty sure it's feasible but can't get it working right now, i looked inside a lot of users scripts but can't find a solution right now. thank you very much tough, have a nice day

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pixamoon · 2015-10-28

oki, try this one:

that's just modified function form other posts by barigazy 


objs = for o in objects where (getclassinstances VRayDirt target:o).count > 0 collect o

select objs

Good!

cdb · 2015-10-28

Hey pixamoon! it works very well! thank you so much!
i have only one thing to ask, i tried to get it into a one line script but if i do it it give me a

type error: Call needs function or class, got: .....

is it because the first line "objs = for o...." is a variable right?
how would i get this working on a maxscript listener?
of course this script is so ok!and i don't actually need it to be one line but i'm just curious, i tried to embrace with nested parenthesis but it seems to not work.

THANK YOU so much mr.pixamoon and mr.Barigazy
all the best
cdb

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pixamoon · 2015-10-28

no prob :)

to make it in one line it will look like this : 


for o in objects where (getclassinstances VRayDirt target:o).count > 0 do selectmore o

but I think this could be slower, because multiple operations in viewport - selectmore

wow!

cdb · 2015-10-29

Thank you very much! i'll update the old code with your method instead of the selectmore.
i will study those lines and eventually get back for questions :)

thanks again for the support