Hey Francesco,
Check out the objects UUID (it got introduced in maya 2016). That will stay
the same even though the object name changes, so you can use that instead
of the objects name.
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 22:03, Francesco <vetuv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody!
>
> I've created a rename tool, which asks the User to input a new name and a
> number and select the objects to rename in order. The tool works but I also
> want to reselect the original selection (which I'm having trouble with
> since the longnames have changed). Here is my solution:
>
> Enter code here...
> import maya.cmds as cmds
>
> def renameSelectedUI():
> if cmds.window("renameSelectedWindowName", exists= True):
> cmds.deleteUI("renameSelectedWindowName")
> #Create and name the new window
> renameSelectedWindow= cmds.window("renameSelectedWindowName", title=
> "FMO Rename", resizeToFitChildren= True)
> #Create a top level layout
> topLayout= cmds.columnLayout()
> cmds.separator (style = "in", width= 300, height= 8)
>
> #Text field for User to input new name
> cmds.rowColumnLayout(parent= topLayout, numberOfColumns= 2,
> columnWidth =[(1, 100), (2, 200)])
> cmds.text(label= "New Name:")
> newNameText= cmds.textField("newNameForRename", tx= "")
> #Integer field to specify starting number
> cmds.rowColumnLayout(parent= topLayout, numberOfColumns= 2,
> columnWidth =[(1, 100), (2, 75)])
> cmds.text(label= "Starting Number:")
> startingNumberText= cmds.intField("startingNumberForRename", minValue=
> 0, value= 1)
> #Make button for renaming
> cmds.columnLayout(parent= topLayout)
> cmds.separator(style= "none", width= 300, height= 8)
> cmds.button(label= "Rename", command= renameSelected, width= 300)
> cmds.separator (style = "none", width= 300, height= 8)
> cmds.separator (style = "in", width= 300, height= 8)
>
> #Show the newly created window
> cmds.showWindow(renameSelectedWindow)
>
> def renameSelected(*args):
> newNameText= cmds.textField("newNameForRename", query= True, tx= True)
> startingNumberText= cmds.intField("startingNumberForRename", query=
> True, value= True)
> #Create list for current selection, and empty list for renamed
> selection
> originalSelection= cmds.ls(sl= True)
> newNameSelection= []
> originalSelectionAmount= len(originalSelection)
> #if statement to prevent renaming if New Name field is empty
> if len(newNameText)== 0:
> cmds.error("Error! New Name field is empty!")
> if len(originalSelection) == 0:
> cmds.error("Error! Selection is empty!")
> else:
> for each in reversed(originalSelection): #Reversed to avoid parent
> node's name change error
> #Specify new name, and number with a padding of two (02d)
> cmds.select(each, r= True)
> cmds.rename(newNameText + "_" + "%02d" % (startingNumberText +
> (originalSelectionAmount - 1)))
> #Get the long name of the newly renamed object and append it
> to the renamed list (to avoid duplicate names error)
> newLongNames= cmds.ls(sl= True, sn= True)
> newLongName= newLongNames[0]
> newNameSelection.insert(0, newLongName)
> #Decrease number input by User by 1
> startingNumberText= startingNumberText - 1
> #If last object has equal or less than one children, and the type
> is None(has not a shape underneath) select the object itself
> childrenList= cmds.listRelatives(cmds.ls(sl= True), ad= True)
> if childrenList is None or len(childrenList) <= 1:
> cmds.select(newNameSelection, r= True)
> #Otherwise select object plus hierarchy
> else:
> currentSelection= cmds.ls(sl= True)[0]
> for each in newNameSelection[1:]:
> newShortNames= each.split("|")
> currentSelection= currentSelection + "|" +
> newShortNames[-1]
> cmds.select(currentSelection, add= True)
>
> renameSelectedUI()
>
> it works if I select all objects in a hierarchy, but not if I skip one
> (example: pCube3 parented under pCube 2 parented under pCube1, If I select
> only pCube1 and pCube3 to rename them to something like "test_01" and
> "test_02" it only selects the first object since
> cmds.select(currentSelection, add= True) throws an error.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
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