select (poly)mesh by material 3ds max 9

Microneezia

Im looking for a script where i can sellect all objects in my scene by material and then join them into a single object. any one scripting these tasks?

renderhjs

used this search and got:
http://scriptspot.com/3ds-max/selectobjectsbymaterial
http://scriptspot.com/3ds-max/attach-mesh-by-material

Microneezia

attach mesh by material doesnt work for me in max 9. tried it before posting got this error. contacted creator of script. no response.

renderhjs

the link of the script
http://scriptspot.com/3ds-max/attach-mesh-by-material
says:

Version Requirement: 3ds Max 2009

, so most likely it wont work in max9.
To be more accurate the method "appendIfUnique" is apparently not available until version 2009, so with the code like it is right now you wont have much luck.
Have you searched for other scripts that do the same but written for older version requirements?
I cant help right away with the maxscript without knowing what to do and what to aim for at that spot - it would eat time to figure out.

Microneezia

Understandable renderhjs, I didnt expect someone to write the script for me. im already using your textools, so thank you for that! I just hoped someone was already doing this mesh selection by material and could point me out.

Thanks for your time, and explanation, now I know why it doesnt work which helps me keep a smile during my now tedius task of attaching objects manually by material.

gamedev

This shouldn't be that hard. Standard in max, open the mat editor, right click on the material that's shared by the objects you want to attach and choose 'select by material'. Save to a selection set if needed and attach as one object.

Niel Blevins / SoulBurn scripts has a quick script to attach selected.

Good luck.

-Tyler

Microneezia

gamedev wrote: »

right click on the material that's shared by the objects you want to attach and choose 'select by material

:poly121:

thank you sir!

renderhjs

got you a quick fix (I had to fix a very similar situation myself today because I use max9 atm. and I needed a workaround for appendIfUnique for my texTools),

so replace

appendIfUnique mtl i.material

with

local exists = false;
for m in mtl do(
	if (m == i.material)then(
		exists = true;
		exit;--exit the loop
	)
)
if (exists == false)then(
	append mtl i.material;
)

it does the same with a little bit more code, but perhaps you solved matters already on your own