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1. Difference between "$" and "$selection"

   

   Topic by SimonT · Jul 2015 · Home› Technical Talk

   I tried Google but it's hard to google "$" - So i wasn't successful. :) I#M using 3Ds Max 2011 64Bit I always thought $ and $selection give you the same result: the current selection. BUT If you have e.g. a box linked to another box, select the blue one and execute the code below, you'll get different results: Code with $…

2. Re: Difference between "$" and "$selection"

   

   Reply by monster · Jul 2015 · Home› Technical Talk

   I never use $. There is just no reason. At the very least you should store $ in a variable. Look at the following example. $ is slower than "obj = $" and "selection[1]". 92ms for $ 61ms for obj = $ 69ms for selection[1] I know 30ms isn't exactly a discernible difference, but if you've got a huge code project littered with…