How to select all object with Vray material in scene

Submitted by tassel on Mon, 2011-09-19 06:48

Hi,

I'm stucked here. How can i select all object with Vray materials in a max scene?

This does not work:

vmats = for o in objects where (findItem vray_materials (classof o.material)) > 0 collect o

Edit: I'm usin 3ds max 2012 and Vray1.5

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Submitted by tassel on Mon, 2011-09-19 14:52.

In case someone needs a

In case someone needs a script for the same purpose.
Here is a fast, dirty and functional script (thanks to Anubis)

--Destroy the dialog if it is already open 
try(destroyDialog roll_matselection)catch()
 
-- UI STUFF
rollout roll_matselection "Material Selector V1.0"
(
		group "Select Materials:"
		(
		button btn_VRay "Select Object with VRay Materials" height:22 width:190 tooltip:"Select Object with VRay Materials" align:#center
		button btn_Standard "Select Object with Standard Materials" height:22 width:190 tooltip:"Select Object with Standard Materials" align:#center
		button btn_MentalRay "Select Object with MentalRay Materials" height:22 width:190 tooltip:"Select Object with MentalRay Materials" align:#center
		button btn_Brazil "Select Object with Brazil Materials" height:22 width:190 tooltip:"Select Object with Brazil R/S Materials" align:#center
		)
 
		HyperLink hl_homepage "..:: Raymond H. Ingebretsen ::.." address:"http://www.homme3d.com/" color:(color 255 255 255) hovercolor:(color 111 111 111) visitedcolor:(color 255 255 255) align:#center
 
 
	-- select all objs with VRay mat's
	on btn_VRay pressed do
	(
		select (for o in objects where o.mat.category == #vray collect o)
	)
 
	on btn_Standard pressed do
	-- select all objs with standard mat's
	(
		select (for o in objects where o.mat.category == #standard collect o)
	)
 
	on btn_MentalRay pressed do
	-- select all objs with mr mat's
	(
		select (for o in objects where o.mat.category == #mental_ray collect o)
	)
 
	on btn_Brazil pressed do
	-- select all objs with brazil mat's
	(
		select (for o in objects where o.mat.category == #Brazil_r_s collect o)
	)
 
) -- End Rollout
 
-- Create Dialog Stuff
createDialog roll_matselection 210 160 pos:[150,150]

/ Raymond

Submitted by tassel on Mon, 2011-09-19 14:39.

The solution you came up with

The solution you came up with did the job, so i used this with VRay:
select (for o in objects where o.mat.category == #vray collect o)

Thank you so much :)

EDIT: The purpose was to select all objects in the scene with Vray materials, and fix them to arc_and_design for rendering with Mentalray.

/ Raymond

Submitted by Anubis on Mon, 2011-09-19 14:07.

try .category

What your vray_materials array hold? If their're classes then your code would work fine. Also may try ".category" property of the material. Examples:

-- select all objs with standard mat's
select (for o in objects where o.mat.category == #standard collect o)
 
-- select all objs with mr mat's
select (for o in objects where o.mat.category == #mental_ray collect o)
 
-- select all objs with brazil mat's
select (for o in objects where o.mat.category == #Brazil_r_s collect o)

I not work with VRay, so just select 1 vr-mat and get the category from it ;) Cheers!

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