A class just to hold information. Possible?

By Agon · 2010-03-01

Description

Hi!

I'm writing a plugin using maxscript and was wondering if I can make a new class just to store data and save objects of this class to parameters (so that they are saved in the scene file).
As I have understood it every class that you create needs a superclass. But what class would be appropriate to inherit from?
To be able to store the objects in a parameter I tried using simpleObject as superclass and save the objects in a nodeTab.
This works, but even though they have no mesh they still appear in the scene. You can select them, they have a pivot point and their names are in the "Select from list".
A struct would work just as good as a class, but as far as I know you can't save a struct in a parameter.

Any suggestions?

Comments (3)

Anubis · 2010-03-03

Yes, by hidden plugins I mean "invisible: true", and if a object is a node then no way to hidde it persistantly. The TriMesh for example is invisible.

Anubis · 2010-03-02

Every scripted plugin create a new class from it name, for example:

plugin simpleObject Test -- will create new class Test

Also you can create hidden plugins - search into the help, there is an example.

Agon · 2010-03-02

Like I said, I tried using simpleObject as superclass. The problem with it is that the object appears in the scene, even though they have no mesh.
If by hidden plugins you mean "invisible: true" that only hides the button in the create panel. The objects still turn up in the scene when created from a script.
If by hidden plugins you mean in the same way as "hide selected" then yes that hides the objects in the scene, but they reappear as soon as you use "unhide all".