mcjSelectedGotoLastSelected

Purpose:

 Bring  Multiple objects to the position of one object : the last selected object

Install: 

Unzip the zip package found at the bottom of this page in your Daz Format Content  Folder

ex: C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Library

once you refresh your Content tab, the script will be found in /scripts/mCasual

History:

2023-03-03 13:33 - Initial release ( had a bug )

2023-03-03 13:57 - Fixed the bug in  the subDoit() function

Use:

Select all the objects you want to move, then your last selection must be the target object. 

Run the script

[Yes Exactly] sends all objects to the position of the target object

[Yes With 10cm Offsets] sends them to the target object, with a Z offset of 10cm between each one.

The Code

//by mCasualJacques 2023-03-03

appName = "mcjSelectedGotoLastSelected";

if( Scene.getNumSelectedNodes() < 2 )

{

message(

"You must select 2 or more objects,<br>" +

"Then this script will send all the selected objects<br>" +

"to the position of the last selected object"

);

}

else

{

doit();

}

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//

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function doit()

{

var primName = ( Scene.getPrimarySelection().getLabel() );

var nodes = Scene.getSelectedNodeList();

var n = nodes.length - 1;

var clientNames = "";

for( var i = 0; i < n; i++ )

{

if( ( i%5 == 0 ) && ( i != 0 ) )

{

clientNames += "\n";

}

if( i > 0 )

{

clientNames += ", ";

}

clientNames += nodes[i].getLabel();

}

var iDoit = getChoice( primName, clientNames )

switch( iDoit )

{

case 0: // yes

subDoit( 0, nodes ); //0cm off

break;

case 1: // yes with offset

subDoit( 10, nodes ); //10cm off

break

case 2: //no way

break;

}

}

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//

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function message( str )

{

MessageBox.information( "Oops", str, "&OK" );

}

//==============================================================================

//

//==============================================================================

function getChoice( primName, clientNames )

{

var n = clientNames.length;

var question = (

"According to your selection all selected nodes\n" +

"will jump top the position of the node labeled\n" +

primName + "\n" +

"List of the nodes that will move:\n" +

clientNames.right( 320 )

);

var answer = MessageBox.question(

question,

appName,

"Yes Exactly",

"Yes with 10cm offset",

"No Way"

);

return( answer )

}

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//

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function subDoit( off, nodes )

{

beginUndo();

var n = nodes.length - 1;

var p = nodes[n].getWSPos();

var iniZ = p.z;

p.z = iniZ + ( i + 1 ) * off;

for( var i = 0; i < n; i++ )

{

p.z = iniZ + ( i + 1 ) * off;

nodes[i].setWSPos( p );

}

acceptUndo( appName );

}