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Hi,

Is there away to select-by-name 5 related objects that need to be moved on the X axis as a group.

They cannot be grouped in MoI because they are different colors and I want them to stay that way to reflect reality.

I was able to use 5 sets of a SelectByName thing, a Move thing and an Output thing, all fed by the same Slider thing but that didn't seem very elegant.

Thanks.

Frederick

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So I created 5 objects with different names and Styles, then Grouped them in scene browser

I was able to "select by name" with node editor and move in x and output.

Though it create a NEW GROUP of same name which also looses all the styles and just sets a new style for group

Maybe the node was written before groups were allowed?

It gets beyond me. Need some node editor guys to help solve

Attachments:
groupd names and styles for Node editor.3dm
move group.nod

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Hi,
Here are some thoughts regarding this issue:
In the output node, I used the "copy" factory to generate output objects and add them to the scene. This was the workaround I found to bypass the limitations of the GeomObject.clone() method when cloning sub-objects.

I tested both the clone method and the copy factory on a grouped object; while they preserve the original object's name and style, the "parentObject" and "groupIndex" are not maintained. I could not find any method in the API to push an object into an existing group, and I am unsure how the "Assign Selection Here" menu achieves this.

I hope Michael has a hidden or undocumented method for this.

To select a specific group, I think we need a "Select Group" node.

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Hi MO,

I ends up using the node that can use a set of selected objects to operate on.

It works fine as long as you stop to select the correct objects.

Thanks.

Frederick

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