[3ds Max 2012] File suffix adds zero during copy

scourgewarper · Jul 2011

I am trying to streamline my naming convention in my scenes however if I copy an object named 'Axe_01' for some reason the resulting copy always adds a zero i.e. Axe_002 rather than Axe_02.

This is frustrating and i'm spending a lot of time deleting the extra zero - is there a way to have it copy without the extra zero each time?

monster · Jul 2011

Unfortunately it's hard coded to 3 digits. You could write a script to rename your objects.

Select the objects in the order you want them numbered, then run:

for obj in selection do
(
    obj.name = uniquename "Axe_" numDigits:2
)

scourgewarper · Jul 2011

I was afraid of that cheers for the script

Mark Dygert · Jul 2011

I think they recently bumped it from 2 digits to 3 in 2011? I had a handful of scripts that relied on the old 2 digit naming convention and they broken when they bumped it up to 3. Super lame its hard coded...

scourgewarper · Jul 2011

yer i thought it was always 2 digits in previous versions would have been nice to have it as an option

[3ds Max 2012] File suffix adds zero during copy

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