CompuServe Messages

Tim– >> I just got the script extensions yesterday << Great! I hope you enjoy the product! >> 1) Is there a way to select an object and create a specific number of copies (like create/array does) << Absolutely. If you're looking for a specific function which does this per se, you won't find it, but a combination of functions and a loop or two should work fine. I'll write up a little run-down on the process and post it here shortly. (Caveat: some oddness has been reported regarding TSE's ability to read the vertex list in the Keyframer, so the solution may be a little more elaborate than one would prefer.) For my better understanding, what exactly do you want to do (that the Snapshot feature doesn't do or is inadequate for)? >> 2) Is it real difficult to create a menu that would allow me to select objects by wild card and tag them? I have a script that uses the PickObjects menu, but this is only useful for picking all objects or a few dozen. Is something like this around somewhere I can grab it from? I cringe at the thought of doing it myself. << No it isn't difficult, but you cannot rely on the canned object selectors (ChooseNode or PickObjects) for the task. I think there's a more sophisticated object selector which someone wrote that is floating around here… I'll see if I can dig it up. (Such an object selector is a perfect example of "reusable code" which could be dropped into any script as needed.) Martin