Need help quick!

By THINKTANK · 2016-11-04

Description

I need to be able to select multiple objects (each object is 1 flat mesh) and all I want is for each object to work out it's own area and rename it self to that number.... how could I achieve this to multiple meshes / polys objects? I'm really against time at the moment and all other avenues have failed for me so this is my last chance!

Comments (2)

miauu · 2016-11-07


(
	selObjsArr = selection as array
	if selObjsArr.count != 0 then
	(
		local moGetFaceArea = meshop.getFaceArea
		for o in selObjsArr do
		(
			tmpObj = snapShotAsMesh o
			totalArea = 0
			facesBA = #{1..(tmpObj.numfaces)}
			for f in facesBA do 
			(
				totalArea += moGetFaceArea tmpObj f
			)
			delete tmpObj
			o.name = (totalArea as string)
		)
	)
	else
		messagebox "Select some objects" title:"Empty Selection"
)

will this do...

vusta · 2016-11-04

disclaimer: I'm a shithouse maxscripter...but try this until some pro help comes along..

for obj in selection do
(
tempcopy = copy obj
convertToMesh tempcopy
faceSel= #()
myArea = 0.0
for f = 1 to tempcopy.numfaces do myArea += meshop.getFaceArea tempcopy #{f}
delete tempcopy
obj.name = "Area_" + myArea as string
)

You can change the prefix Area_ to whatever....or even delete it...

(if you select a circle spline say, it actually calculates the area as if it was a solid mesh...coz it 'treats' it as a mesh...)