Check for double names and rename them

Submitted by David_Lee on Mon, 2013-05-20 23:19

I'm looking a way to check if there are objects with the same name and rename them to make all objects in scene with a unique name.

Any idea?

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Submitted by miauu on Tue, 2013-05-21 04:21.

The code works properly. It

The code works properly. It renames the Speres properly and I have 001,002,004,005,006. You can attach the scene.

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Submitted by David_Lee on Tue, 2013-05-21 04:48.

Sorry...

Sorry, I did a mistake. It works properly!

I forgot to delete a row in my script before run it.

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Submitted by barigazy on Tue, 2013-05-21 01:26.

try this

objNames = #()
for o in objects do
(
	if findItem objNames o.name == 0 then append objNames o.name else
	(
		newname = o.name = uniquename o.name ; append objNames newname
	)
)
free objNames

bga

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Submitted by David_Lee on Tue, 2013-05-21 02:29.

Thanks barigazy...but it

Thanks barigazy...but it doesn't work as expected

I have these objects in scene:

Sphere001
Sphere002
Sphere002
Sphere003
Sphere004

Your code rename the second Sphere002 to Sphere003... and I have now two Sphere003 in scene

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Submitted by barigazy on Tue, 2013-05-21 07:47.

When I run the code on your

When I run the code on your example you 3rd sphere "Sphere002" becomes "Sphere005"

bga

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