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Olli.

can any of the maxscript wizards here tell me if its possible to have a script where you can select one element in an object, and then the script will go through the other elements trying to find a match, and then seperating the two elements in to two instances

currently i've got one big object, which is composed of a ton of small elements (which are all exactly the same, just in different positions) and i need to edit the topology on all of them.. doing it by hand really isnt an option, so does anyone have any ideas?

mLichy

I have a script in my turboTools that breaks up elements into objects. I also have a script that lets u select many objects then click another one to make them instances of that one.

There are also similar scripts on scriptspot.

Olli.

hmm does the script preserve the rotation of each seperate element?

sounds like i need to download your tools

cptSwing

There's no script that does that all that, afaik, but there's a couple of nifty smaller ones (+1 to turboTools). I also absolutely love http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/instance-tool for the time it's saved me.