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1. Re: Selecting MaterialIDs MaxScript

   

   Reply by [PB]Snoelk · Sep 2009 · Home› Technical Talk

   i initialising those arays empty and clearing them at end just in case. maxscripts sometimes doing crazy stuff with variables. :poly122: got a bug today with array that where not initialized at the beginning. they just memory garbage from an other variable that wasnt cleared at end.

2. Re: Selecting MaterialIDs MaxScript

   

   Reply by MoP · Aug 2009 · Home› Technical Talk

   If you want to get a "count" of values set in a BitArray without converting to an Array, you can just use:<bitarray>.numberSet Since <bitarray>.count will return the number of elements in the BitArray regardless of whether they're set on or off.

3. Re: Selecting MaterialIDs MaxScript

   

   Reply by [PB]Snoelk · Aug 2009 · Home› Technical Talk

   maybe this helps fn CheckForMaterialID obj index = ( PolyList = #() InUse = False MatChkMod_01 = Edit_Poly() MatChkMod_01.name = "MaterialIDCheck" addModifier obj MatChkMod_01 obj.EditablePoly.selectByMaterial index clearCurrentSelection:true PolyList = (obj.EditablePoly.GetSelection #Face) as array if PolyList.count > 0…

4. Re: Selecting MaterialIDs MaxScript

   

   Reply by NZA · Aug 2009 · Home› Technical Talk

   Thanks for the post back Snoelk I meant to update this thread to say that I solved the issue I was having. There were a couple of things wrong with my script: * When you give a number to the Edit_Poly.selectByMaterialID property it has to be one less than that of the MaterialID you really want. So if your after MatID 2…