request for script to create layer from object name.

Submitted by damien11235 on Thu, 2013-06-27 09:42

hi,

would love to have a script to create a layer from object name.
would be usefull for scenes linked to 3dsmax from revit.

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Submitted by aquastealth on Fri, 2020-04-03 05:25.

Awesome :)

Thax miauu!!!
Ive searched for this everywhere and here you are with the perfect solution :)
You just saved me a ton of time trying to redistribute hundreds of objects to individual layers :)

Is it possible to get this function to work for groups as well? I tried but Im a no-good scripter so it failed.

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Submitted by lipknik on Thu, 2015-11-19 04:20.

Very appreciated!

It's fenomenal to see how much interest on the people involved on programming stuff!. Nice scripts miauu!. Keep going!

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Submitted by miauu on Thu, 2013-06-27 14:30.

As is written in the script body - uncommend 2 lines

(
	if selection.count != 0 do
	(
		for o in selection do
		(
			objName = o.name
			if (objLayer = LayerManager.getLayerFromName objName) == undefined then
			(
				objLayer = Layermanager.newLayerFromName objName
	 			objLayer.addNode o
			)
			else
			(
				objLayer.addNode o
			)
		)
	)
)

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Submitted by damien11235 on Thu, 2013-06-27 13:51.

hi thanks a lot, i need the

hi thanks a lot,

i need the script to create the layer from the object name and put the object in that layer too. :)

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Submitted by miauu on Thu, 2013-06-27 13:48.

It is easy to works for

It is easy to works for multiple objects, but what do you want the script to do - only to create empty layers with the same name as the object's name, or th crete layers and to put the objects in its layer?
Anyway:

(
	if selection.count != 0 do
	(
		for o in selection do
		(
			objName = o.name
			if (objLayer = LayerManager.getLayerFromName objName) == undefined then
			(
				objLayer = Layermanager.newLayerFromName objName
				--	uncomment the line below to add object to the layer
	-- 			objLayer.addNode o
			)
			else
			(
				--	uncomment the line below to add object to the layer
	-- 			objLayer.addNode o
			)
		)
	)
)

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Submitted by damien11235 on Thu, 2013-06-27 12:55.

hi, thanks a lot for the

hi,

thanks a lot for the same. is it possible to have the script take multiple objects and do the same instead of one at a time.

there is another script which does it for materials

for m in scenematerials do
(
if LayerManager.getLayerFromName m.name == undefined
then NewLayer = LayerManager.newLayerFromName m.name
else NewLayer = LayerManager.getLayerFromName m.name
for obj in objects do if obj.material.name == m.name do NewLayer.addNode obj
)
saveMaxFile (getfilenamefile (maxfilename) + "_for_Revit.max") useNewFile: true

would be great to have something which is automated like the one above.

thanks a ton in advance.

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Submitted by miauu on Thu, 2013-06-27 12:45.

;)

(
	if selection.count == 1 do
	(
		objName = selection[1].name
		if (objLayer = LayerManager.getLayerFromName objName) == undefined then
		(
			objLayer = Layermanager.newLayerFromName objName
			--	uncomment the line below to add object to the layer
-- 			objLayer.addNode selection[1]
		)
		else
		(
			--	uncomment the line below to add object to the layer
-- 			objLayer.addNode selection[1]
		)
	)
)

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Submitted by Realestatements on Wed, 2018-10-24 00:31.

Not working for Max 2019

I'm getting an error when using the script in Max 2019

-- Error occurred in anonymous codeblock; filename: ; position: 421; line: 17
-- Syntax error: at ), expected
-- In line: )

Anyone have a solution for this?

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Submitted by miauu on Wed, 2018-10-24 09:35.

.

Can you post the code that not works for you?

I have tested this code in 3ds max 2019 and there are no errors at all.

(
	if selection.count == 1 do
	(
		objName = selection[1].name
		if (objLayer = LayerManager.getLayerFromName objName) == undefined then
		(
			objLayer = Layermanager.newLayerFromName objName
			--	uncomment the line below to add object to the layer
			objLayer.addNode selection[1]
		)
		else
		(
			--	uncomment the line below to add object to the layer
			objLayer.addNode selection[1]
		)
	)
)

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Submitted by Realestatements on Thu, 2018-11-01 08:59.

The error seems to occur when

The error seems to occur when I've selected multiple objects. With a single object selected it works fine.

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