I find that I often need to select an entity immediately after creating it. Usually, this entity is within close range of many other things and can be hard to find again.

My request is for an easy way to select the last item created. Maybe holding down a key whilst creating it... or maybe a hot key to select the last created item. Maybe theres already a script that does this? Thanks.

-Nick

Hi Nick,

Yes there is a script for selecting the last created object(s). Have a look here:- http://kyticka.webzdarma.cz/3d/moi/

Go down the list and you will find:- SelectLastCommandCreated

OR

the script is:-

script:var a = moi.command.lastCommandRevisionStart; var b = moi.command.lastCommandRevisionEnd; var objects = moi.geometryDatabase.getObjects(); for ( var i = 0; i < objects.length; ++i ) { var obj = objects.item(i); if ( obj.databaseRevision> a && obj.databaseRevision <= b ) obj.selected = true; }

D'oh. I totally missed that. Thanks.

-Nick

Hi Nick,

I just noticed with this script that it does not de-select all objects first, (you may have an object selected during the creation of the new object) so, you could actually have more than the last created object(s) selected after the script as run

Hi Steve, Hi Nick - if you would always like to have the created objects be the exclusively selected objects (with everything else deselected) instead of being added to the current selection, then use this script instead:

script:moi.geometryDatabase.deselectAll(); var a = moi.command.lastCommandRevisionStart; var b = moi.command.lastCommandRevisionEnd; var objects = moi.geometryDatabase.getObjects(); for ( var i = 0; i < objects.length; ++i ) { var obj = objects.item(i); if ( obj.databaseRevision> a && obj.databaseRevision <= b ) obj.selected = true; }

- Michael

Thanks. :-)

Hi Micheal,

Thanks.

It is not a script I use, but just added it on my setup to check before posting.
I did not want Nick to find out later he may be moving (or whatever) other previously selected objects after running the script. I think automatically de-selecting all before is a safer option (IMHO)


- Steve