Scripting help

[MongoMan]

hi I need to do some batch changes in max on an imported dwg file

I need all the editable splines to be renderable. I m not sure but I t seems as though maxscript is the way to do this the scene has roughly 1700 editable splines in it each named

 

LAYER_1.01 through to

LAYER_2.1783

 

by looking at the max script listener and searching on the net I was able to make a script like this

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select $'LAYER_1.01'

$'LAYER_1.01'.renderable = true

$'LAYER_1.01'.thickness = 0.025

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that works but obviously only does 1 object

I tried a few ways to do them all in a batch without success

this below doesnt work

it does select all objects in the scene but doesnt perform the rederable change to them

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select $'LAYER*'

$'LAYER*'.renderable = true

$'LAYER*'.thickness = 0.025

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I am aware perhaps that the objects need to be put into an array first etc but I dont really know how to do this the things i have tried dont work.

 

If theres a way to do what i want without a script well thats fine as well

thanks for help in advance

[MongoMan]

ah dont bother thanks to

http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5216&page=1

Abicalho at the bottom of that page ..

 

this works

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select $*

for i in selection do if hasproperty i.baseObject #renderable do

(

i.baseObject.renderable = true

i.baseObject.thickness = 0.50

--i.baseObject.DisplayRenderMesh = true

)

clearSelection()

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Cheers