I'm not sure if this is helpful but it sounds like you may be able to do what you need by their unique names (SIObject.GetUniqueName()) instead of the standard full path.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Getting consistent path to property in scene I am trying to write an export/importer toolset. One of the tasks is to dump the full path to animated parameters regardless of where they live in the scene so they can be found/modified directly upon importing the data. Example: If an object called "George" has an animated texture projection, the paths (via Parameter.FullName) to it's translation parameters may look something like this: George.polymsh.cls.SampleCluster.Texture_Projection.Texture_Projection_Def.p rojtrsu George.polymsh.cls.SampleCluster.Texture_Projection.Texture_Projection_Def.p rojtrsv George.polymsh.cls.SampleCluster.Texture_Projection.Texture_Projection_Def.p rojtrsw The problem is, if I use those strings with Dictionary.GetObject(), Selection.SetAsText(), or any other method, Softimage throws an error claiming the path is invalid. If I select the texture parameters directly in the explorer, the script log records the following as the paths: George.polymsh.cls.sample.clslist.SampleCluster.Texture_Projection.Texture_P rojection_Def.projtrsu George.polymsh.cls.sample.clslist.SampleCluster.Texture_Projection.Texture_P rojection_Def.projtrsv George.polymsh.cls.sample.clslist.SampleCluster.Texture_Projection.Texture_P rojection_Def.projtrsw Notice the extra 'sample.clslist' inserted in the middle. Using these paths, I can get a reference to the parameters using Dictionary.GetObject(), Selection.SetAsText() and so on. The question is - how can I get those paths without requiring the user to select the parameters in the scene? Matt
