Script to replace autocad block entities with 3dsmax instances

Submitted by windrock on Fri, 2010-12-17 07:43

Hi All,
I have been using the Instance Replace script and its working okay but I was hoping to customize it some more.

I create landscape planting plans in Autocad using a library of Autocad block symbols (e.g. tree_1, shrub_1, etc.). I then import these from the dwg into max as 'entities'. Then I merge in the 3d plants models. Then I run the instance replace script (or Clone and Align) to replace, for example, all the imported autocad blocks named "tree_1" with my 3dsmax model instance for the that plant.

I am trying to create a script that I can edit to automate the process. Can anyone point me in the right direction with some simple code that I can try to figure out? Something in maxscript like....

for each entity in the current scene called "tree_1" replace with instance "tree1_3d"?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Submitted by paulov on Fri, 2016-04-15 11:03.

3dmax has a modifier named

3dmax has a modifier named Substitute, with this purpose

br0t's picture
Submitted by br0t on Fri, 2010-12-17 14:06.

Or if you prefer a UI you may

Or if you prefer a UI you may use this :) :

Cheers

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Submitted by Graph on Fri, 2010-12-17 13:43.

for o in objects where o.name

for o in objects where o.name == "tree_1" do (local a = instace $tree1_3d; a.transform = o.transform; delete o)

you can also replace the delete o with o.isHidden = true to just hide and not delete the original

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Submitted by windrock on Sat, 2010-12-18 07:05.

So simple yet powerful.

So simple yet powerful. Thanks a million.

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