copy object hierarchies/controllers/userProperties e.g. like an object "deepCopy"

By br0t · 2011-06-28

Description

Hi,

If I shift-drag a selection of objects in the 3ds Max viewport, I create a copy of them that have the same animation controllers, user properties, linked hierarchy etc.

If I copy those objects with Maxscript, they are disconnected and most stuff is not copied. Is there a way to do this easily, like a "deepCopy" for objects? Or do I have to buffer and reapply all that stuff?

Cheers

Comments (4)

br0t · 2011-06-29

Sweet, that was it! No collecting hierarchy, no buffering userProps and controllers, thanks Anubis. In fact that made 1 line out of my 24 lines of code

those are not needed or are

br0t · 2011-06-29

those node array lists are not needed or are they? what are they typically used for?

edit: ah nevermind, the maxOps just returns "OK" so i need the node list to access my copied objects, right :D?

Anubis · 2011-06-29

yes ;)

maxOps.CloneNodes ?

Anubis · 2011-06-28

maybe

maxOps.CloneNodes

can help?...

maxOps.CloneNodes $Header offset:[0,130,0] expandHierarchy:on cloneType:#copy actualNodeList:&anl newNodes:&nnl