Forum topic · Scripts Wanted
By harumscarum · 2012-02-21
on modifier renaming it will became instanced to other if any other object with modifier with same name already existing in scene.
for example i have already inner walls with shell modifier =0.15m named 'inner_walls' and apply shell modifier for one more object and rename it to 'inner_wall' it will became =0.15m and instanced
if it of course possible.
thank you in advance
i'm sorry i was unclear
harumscarum · 2012-02-26
think i have to try on another computer because i have reinstalled 3dsmax, but script still doesn't work - no any errors, just nothing happens after modifier's renaming.
most weird thing is when i want to roll back to first version of script it will not work as well until system restart or log off
thank you very much for your efforts i will let you know in this thread if will find out where problem was
harumscarum · 2012-02-25
hello Lord. thank you for fixing multiple objects renaming bug - just noticed it as well. but unfortunately updated version doesnt work for me in max2012
i tried both ms and mcr separately
LittleLordPotala · 2012-02-25
It works well for me... and I also have Max 2012 64bit (sp2).
Logically, if the first version worked (even with a bug),
the second version must also work because I just replaced "$" by "selection[1]" to avoid the bug when you select multiple objects.
When you say "it doesn't work", do you mean "nothing happen" or "I got an error message"?
-In the first case, I cannot really help, just give you some ideas : try on another system, remove temporarly the other scripts to see if there is a conflict, repair or reinstall Max...
-In the second case, please report this error message.
A last question : does the first version still work ?
Thank you Lord!
harumscarum · 2012-02-23
thanks - exactly what i looked for! there is only one issue found: only one set of instanced 'Shell' modifiers this script proceed. other modifiers are working fine)
one more request - how to run it automatically with max's start? but it is good idea with button though
Update
LittleLordPotala · 2012-02-24
I corrected a small bug that occurred when renaming an instanced modifier with multiple objects selected.
I made a version .ms file so you can load it at startup, just copy it to the following folder : "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\Scripts\Startup"
or to this one : "C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2012 - 64bit\enu\scripts\startup"
Of course, you can define your own folder in Max, if you go to :
"Customize"->"Configure System Paths"->"System"->"Additional Startup Scripts"
The "button" version of this script gives you the possibility to desactivate it,
and that is not the case with the "startup" version.
I made some tests with the shell modifier and I didn't see any problem,
could you give some illustrations ?
Best regards.
Auto Instance Modifier by name
LittleLordPotala · 2012-02-23
I made a macroscript file, so you can use it in a button.
Before executing the script, you can write your own name of category.
Otherwise, by fefault, you will find it in "myOwnScripts".
How it works :
When the button is checked, each time you change the name of a modifier, it will check if another modifier in a geometry object in the scene has the same name and if this is the case, it will replace and instance the selected modifier by the first modifier found.