Another MaxScript Question

[trixian]

I'm trying to organize and clean up a file with 14k objects all called polyfacemesh*, but I have been so lucky as to have some layers and wire colours retained.

I thought I'd make a tool that let me select a source object, and then it would select all objects in the scene with the same wire colour. This proved to be tricky to read up on in the maxscript help file.

Can anyone help me with how to store a selected objects wirecolour and then select the other objects sharing the same colour?

I also tried getting this to work through the visual maxscript editor, but that did not make it any easier

Obviously I haven't the foggiest idea of what I'm doing:

source = selection

getCurrentSelection()
for obj in geometry do
	(
		if iskindof obj geometry do
		--obj.wireColor = source.wireColor??
	
		
		if obj.wireColor = source.wireColor
			(
				selectmore obj
			)
	)

[plastic_]

no need to script it, it's already there:
edit -> select by -> color

[instinct]

Even if it aint relevant just pointing out a problem in the code without trying it:

if obj.wireColor = source.wireColor

This part needs to read

if obj.wireColor == source.wireColor

single "=" is setting a value. For comparisons you need to use "==".

Kind Regards,
Thorsten

[SnipeyX]

ScriptSpot is your friend!

http://www.scriptspot.com/blog/capit...ectbywirecolor

I needed the same functionality for something similar a while ago, used this script as a start and edited it to do what I needed...