Find Coinstances

Submitted by colinsenner on Tue, 2008-03-25 14:49

Version:

v1.01

Date Updated:

05/08/2008

Author Name:

Colin Senner

Find CoInstances works in two ways:

1. With Multiple Objects selected it will find objects that are cloned on top of each other resulting in animation flickering

2. With a Single object selected it will find and select faces that are coinstanced

To select all faces which are coplanar use the list-box to "Select All", or
To select only those faces which are copies of the original, use "Select Only Duplicates"

Additional Info:

1. Run script

2. In Max goto "Customize->Customize User Interface...->Toolbars tab->Category: ColinScripts" and drag "Find Coinstances" to a toolbar, click to run.

Version Requirement:

3dsmax 7+

Video URL:

Links

Homepage URL:

http://www.colinsenner.com

Attachment	Size
Find Coinstances v1.01.ms	5.82 KB

Comments

Submitted by pixeld on Sat, 2019-12-21 03:12.

Fantabulous!!

What an awesome script. I was pulling out my hair fighting with a very nasty model that had dozens and dozens of overlapping faces but this little beauty found them all in minutes!

Submitted by zwrtron on Thu, 2019-07-18 11:22.

Thanks

Thank you very much, such an amazing tool!

Submitted by designer3d on Sat, 2019-01-12 09:14.

great tool, thank you very

great tool, thank you very much

Submitted by harumscarum on Mon, 2012-01-16 05:33.

thank you!

works great! but in single mode not always. i guess it need very accurate position co-planar polygons. is it possible to add threshold for shared verticles?

Submitted by titane357 on Mon, 2012-01-16 02:59.

life and time saver !

just save hours of hard and stupid work !!!!

Submitted by colinsenner on Mon, 2011-08-15 12:08.

Thanks Crystal as

Thanks Crystal as always!

-Colin

Submitted by crystal3d on Fri, 2011-07-29 01:04.

another great script

for reducing the everydays hassles and possible harsh times with co-workers

Submitted by colinsenner on Thu, 2008-05-08 07:17.

Used and commented your code

Used and commented your code till I think of a more graceful way, thank you, great suggestion. 1.01 is up.

Submitted by colinsenner on Thu, 2008-05-08 06:59.

Ah, figured out what you're saying, the functionality was built in, that's why there is a list in there allowing the user to select "only duplicates" or "all objects" but for whatever reason it got broken, I'll update and upload the fix today. Thanks for the good eye.

-Colin

Submitted by defex on Thu, 2008-05-08 06:25.

after the script is run on

after the script is run on multiple objects both coincident objects are selected. so say you wanted to find all duplicates and then delete just 1 of them it will still be a chore.

i made a little quick and dirty mod to one of your functions

fn findCoinstancedObjects arr = (
	local dupObjs = #()
 
	for o in arr do (
		for j in arr where o != j do (
			if ((o.transform as string) == (j.transform as string)) and (o.min == j.min) and (o.max == j.max) and (o.wirecolor ==j.wirecolor)then
			(
				append dupObjs j
				j.wirecolor = red
			)	
		)
	)
	trim_dupsArray dupObjs
)

this way the first duplicate gets selected and the wireframe color is changed, it no longer gets counted as a duplicate because the wireframe color is compared as well as position etc.

of course it wont work if your wireframes are already red! :) could be fixed by using a color nobody would likely use because its not in the color picker.

About this site