Forum topic · General Scripting
By scottparris · 2013-07-28
Hello
I created a tiny merge script that will merge in an object from a scene file. But I want to be able to search for multiple objects through multiple scenes.
example:
search a directory for any max scene files
search those scene files for any object with the words "sofa", "rug", "chair", etc...
and merge it into a current scene.
I need this to work inside of a texture baking script so I don't really want something with a UI or anything like "batchloader"
thanks
scottparris · 2013-07-29
Awesome! It works exactly how I wanted it to.
Thank you again!
miauu · 2013-07-29
Glad to help. :)
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miauu · 2013-07-29
Yes, only one character is missing and this ruin the script. :)
Replace this:
searchForString = ("*sofa*", "*rug*", "*chair*")
with this:
searchForString = #("*sofa*", "*rug*", "*chair*")
and try again.
I tested and it work. :)
scottparris · 2013-07-29
Thank you so much!!! This looks great but I'm getting an error and nothing as of yet will merge into the scene.
From the listener:
-- Error occurred in n loop; filename: ; position: 397; line: 14
-- Frame:
-- n: "LR_Sofa_001"
-- called in mf loop; filename: ; position: 402; line: 15
-- Frame:
-- objToMergeArr: #()
-- mf: "V:\Collections\- Collections\Living_rooms\Living_room_001.max"
-- called in anonymous codeblock; filename: ; position: 598; line: 21
-- Frame:
-- No "map" function for "*sofa*"
Ideas?
miauu · 2013-07-28
I don't have MAX to test it, but you will do it:
(
maxFilesDir = getSavePath caption:"Select the directory" initialDir:"$scenes"
maxFilesArr = getFiles (maxFilesDir + "\\*.max")
searchForString = ("*sofa*", "*rug*", "*chair*")
for mf in maxFilesArr do
(
objInFile = getMaxFileObjectNames mF
objToMergeArr = #()
for n in objInFile do
(
for str in searchForString where (matchpattern n pattern:str) do
(
append objToMergeArr n
)
)
if objToMergeArr.count != 0 do
(
-- #AutoRenameDups -- max2011+
mergeMAXFile mF objToMergeArr /* #select */#noRedraw #mergeDups #renameMtlDups #alwaysReparent quiet:true
)
)
)