How to delete all Helpers with no Children?

Submitted by harumscarum on Thu, 2023-07-06 03:07

Could anyone please help me delete all Point Helper objects in the scene that have no linked objects (Children)? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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Submitted by harumscarum on Thu, 2023-07-20 09:28.

weird! now is working!

weird! now is working! )))
thanks once again

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Submitted by harumscarum on Thu, 2023-07-20 09:22.

Thank you! Unfortunately, I

Thank you! Unfortunately, I couldn't make it work. When I run the script, nothing happens. I made some edits by removing the portion 'and (h.children).count == 0' because in this case, all helpers are moving to HLP layers, not just the empty ones.
Appreciate your efforts!

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Submitted by harumscarum on Thu, 2023-07-20 02:11.

I would also appreciate help

I would also appreciate help with the MaxScript command to move all Helper objects to the 'HLP' layer. Thank you!

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Submitted by miauu on Thu, 2023-07-20 03:54.

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For the Point helpers only:

(
	hlpLayer = layerManager.getLayerFromName "HLP"
	if hlpLayer == undefined do hlpLayer = layerManager.newLayerFromName "HLP"
	for h in helpers where (classof h == Point) and (h.children).count == 0 do hlpLayer.addNode h	
)

For all helpers:

(
	hlpLayer = layerManager.getLayerFromName "HLP"
	if hlpLayer == undefined do hlpLayer = layerManager.newLayerFromName "HLP"
	for h in helpers where (h.children).count == 0 do hlpLayer.addNode h	
)

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Submitted by harumscarum on Sat, 2023-07-08 09:49.

works like a charm - thank

works like a charm - thank you!

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Submitted by harumscarum on Sat, 2023-07-08 02:22.

Thanks

unfortunately nothing is happens with the Helper object once I run script

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Submitted by miauu on Sat, 2023-07-08 03:56.

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delete (for h in helpers where (classof h == Point) and (h.children).count == 0 collect h)

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Submitted by jahman on Thu, 2023-07-06 06:19.

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try this

delete (for h in helpers where (classof h == Point) and (h.children == undefined) collect h)

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