Help scripting parenting please

Submitted by boudini on Wed, 2014-05-14 15:34

Hi,
I'm trying to script a parenting function within a larger script but having trouble.

I've found that when the names are predetermined this works fine:
$.parent = $Sphere001_ROOT

(Sphere001 is Selected, Sphere001_Root is a point helper)
However the names change from object to object. What I'm hoping to get working is proper syntax for the following:

tempobj = $
--start object is collected at start when object is selected

tempdummy = $
--dummy object is collected at when dummy is created

tempobj.parent = tempdummy

I guess the basic form of the question is how to parent objects without using the object name.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

General Scripting

Comments

Submitted by miauu on Thu, 2014-05-15 02:11.

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If you selection is with proper order then you will know which object to wjich dummy will be linked. I mean that the code below uses selection order.

(	
	startObjsArr = selection as array
	dummyObjsArr = selection as array
 
	if startObjsArr.count == dummyObjsArr.count do
	(
		for i = 1 to startObjsArr.count do
		(
			startObjsArr[i].parent = dummyObjsArr[i]
		)
	)
)