Hey Morten, if you change the sync method to components in the texture editor prefs, then selecting in the TE will give you points or polys in the viewport - dunno if that's the built in method you were talking about?
matt On 19 April 2012 13:29, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Try this, it's an script written by Matt Lind I found in the list some > time ago. > > In the last sentence there was a mistake I fixed. > (it was "grid" when it should been the parent 3d object) > > Martin Yara > > > //======================================================= > // ML_SelectPolygonsFromSamples() > // > // Given a selection of polygon nodes (samples) on a mesh, > // select the polygons which the nodes are attached. > //======================================================= > > function ML_SelectPolygonsFromSamples() > { > if ( Selection.Count <= 0 ) { > LogMessage( "Nothing selected", siError ); > return(-1); > } > // Get selection > var oItem = Selection(0); > if ( oItem.Type != "sampleSubComponent" ) { > // Selection does not contain polygon nodes > LogMessage( "Invalid selection", siError ); > return(-1); > } > var oPolygonNodes = oItem.SubComponent.ComponentCollection; > var oObject = oItem.SubComponent.Parent3DObject; > if ( oObject.Type != "polymsh" ) { > LogMessage( "Not a polygon mesh: " + oObject.FullName, > siError ); > return(-1); > } > // build hash table of polygon nodes selected by user. > // this table will be referenced by the search. > var NbComparisons = 0; // for statistics only > var aHash = new Array(); > for ( var i = 0; i < oPolygonNodes.Count; i++ ) { > var oPolygonNode = oPolygonNodes(i); > aHash[ oPolygonNode.Index ] = true; > NbComparisons++; } > // Search the mesh for polygon nodes selected by user. > // Traverse the nodes collection of each polygon in the mesh. > var NbPolygonNodes = oPolygonNodes.Count; > var aPolygonIndices = new Array(); > var oPolygons = oObject.ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Polygons; > for ( var i = 0; (i < oPolygons.Count) && (NbPolygonNodes > 0); > i++ ) { > // Get current polygon > var oPolygon = oPolygons(i); > var oNodes = oPolygon.Nodes; > var found = false; > for ( var j = 0; (j < oNodes.Count) && (NbPolygonNodes > > 0); j++ ) { > // Get current polygon node > var oNode = oNodes(j); > NbComparisons++; > // Lookup node to see if user selected it. > if ( aHash[ oNode.Index] == true ) { > // node is selected by user > found = true; > NbPolygonNodes--; > } > } > if ( found ) { > // mark polygon for selection > aPolygonIndices.push( oPolygon.Index ); > } > } > // Select the polygons > Selection.SetAsText( oObject + ".poly[" + aPolygonIndices + "]" ); > LogMessage( "NbComparisons: " + NbComparisons ); > return; > } > -- www.matinai.com
