Needing a script : Select face or vert by number

rv_el · Sep 2011

Hi. I need a script for Max. I use 2010.

I need to select a face by number input.

Ideally iw would look like this.

Right click
Go down quad menu to SelectFaceByNumber
Put 1647 into a box. hit OK
then that face would be selected in Max sub-object face selection.

For right now I think that would work. Dual use of vert and face would be great. More than one at a time would be greator. Face select by a single integer is prefered right now though.

Thanks!

monster · Sep 2011

I can hook you up. Just give me about an hour.

Jonathan · Sep 2011

Here's a quick 5 minute dialogue version,

(
	/*
	===============================================
	Simple script for Polycount Forum help by Jonathan Ferguson
	===============================================
	*/
	rollout roMiniHelper "Mini Selector"
	(
		edittext editTextBox  "Enter Face:" fieldWidth:200 labelOnTop:true
		radiobuttons radMode labels:#("Face", "Vertex") columns:2 default: 1
		button btnSelectThatFace "Select that Face" width:200

		on btnSelectThatFace pressed do
		(
			if ((selection.count == 1) and ( canconvertto selection[1] Editable_Poly))then
			(
			local multipleSelections = filterString editTextBox.text ","
			local userInput = editTextBox.text as integer
			local theSelectedObj = selection[1]
			
			if ((userInput != undefined)  and (userInput > 0 ))then
			(
				max modify mode
				if (radMode.state == 1) then
				(
					subobjectLevel = 4
					polyop.setFaceSelection theSelectedObj #{userInput}
				)
				else
				(
					subobjectLevel = 1
					polyop.setVertSelection theSelectedObj #{userInput}
				)
			)
			else	
				MessageBox ("No valid input, got " + userInput as string) beep:false
			
			completeRedraw()
			)
			else
				MessageBox ("Please select one mesh.") beep:false
		)

	)
	CreateDialog roMiniHelper style:#(#style_toolwindow, #style_resizing, #style_sysmenu) width: 225 fgcolor:([128,255,128]) bitmap:
	undefined 
)

rv_el · Sep 2011

Bad ass guys! I'll try to figure out how to hook this thing up. I found the polys by hand but in the future this will save me a LOT of time in these rare but bad situations.

Thanks!!!!!

monster · Sep 2011

Cool Johnathan!

Here's my attempt: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2904948/Tools/Martinez_Macro_SelectByNumber.mcr

Put the script in 3DMax/UI/MacroScripts/
Restart Max, and look in the monsterBlues category to bind to a hotkey.

It works with Edit Poly or Mesh, and there is an add to selection checkbox.

I also clear the text box after you enter a number, so that you can quickly keep typing numbers to add to the selection.

Needing a script : Select face or vert by number

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