script help

# 1 20-12-2004 , 10:34 PM

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how do you select vertices with a specific quardinate using the script editor.. I want to select all vertices that have the value "0" on the x axis.. it doesnt matter what y or z value they have..

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# 2 21-12-2004 , 03:27 AM

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Try this.

Caveats:
1) Run this on one objects at a time
2) make sure you set the $maxVerts to be greater than the number of verts in your object. (the higher this number, the longer the script takes)

$axis is obviously the axis you are scanning and $findVerts is the value you are looking for. Not a perfect script, but whaddaya want for nothin'?

string $axis = "x";
float $findVerts = 0;
int $maxVerts = 441;

string $obj[] = `ls -dag -sl`;
int $countA = 0;
int $countB = 0;

float $getIt;
string $toBeSelected[];

while ($countA != $maxVerts)
{
$getIt = `getAttr ($obj[1]+".pnts["+$countA+"].pnt"+$axis)`;
$getIt = (trunc($getIt*1000) / 1000);
if ($getIt == $findVerts)
{
$toBeSelected[$countB] = ($obj[0]+".vt"+$axis+"["+$countA+"]");
$countB += 1;
}
$countA += 1;
}
while ($countB > 0)
{
$countB -= 1;
select -add $toBeSelected[$countB];

}
select -d $obj[0];

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# 3 21-12-2004 , 04:16 AM

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when I use that, it just selects all the vertices in the model..

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# 4 21-12-2004 , 05:26 AM

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When then all your vertices must have x values of 0. Sorry.

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# 5 21-12-2004 , 11:53 AM

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Dann :
I am no programmer, but I think your script is selecting the vertices based on thieir local coords, but I think he wanted to select the vertices with a World coord of X = 0 ..

Carsten Lind
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