Default Naming Problem

[tscott1213]

Hi,

I am having an odd problem with Maya's naming...

Specifically, if I create a new object Maya is automatically appending 1 to the name. This is happening even if there are no other objects with that name in the scene.

Additionally, if I try to create an object as such:

spaceLocator -n "Mount0";

It will create an object called 'Mount1'

If I call the same code again it will create an object called 'Mount2'

And, if I then trie dto create an object as such:

spaceLocator -n "Mount5";

It would create an object called 'Mount3'

Did I accidentally set a preference for automatic numbering or something? Can someone tell me how to turn this off?

Thanks
Todd

[joojaa]

Well ive never seen such a option? However ist possible you have a scripjob running, it smore likely if you have morew than one user on your sitewide sytem than one.

scriptJob -lj would tell taht but theres a lot of data!

So you could narrow it down with this:

CODE
{
$scriptJobs=scriptJob -lj;
string $job;
for ($job in $scriptJobs){
if (gmatch($job,"SelectionChanged"))
   print $job;
if (gmatch($job,"DagObjectCreated"))
   print $job;
if (gmatch($job,"constructionHistoryChanged"))
   print $job;

}
}

[tscott1213]

Hi Joojaa,

First, thank you for your help!

I ran the script you suggested and got the following output:

CODE
1:  "-protected" "-parent" "AEmenuBarLayout" "-event" "SelectionChanged" "autoUpdateAttrEd"
2:  "-protected" "-parent" "AEmenuBarLayout" "-event" "constructionHistoryChanged" "autoUpdateAttrEd"
7:  "-parent" "MayaWindow|mayaMainWindowForm|formLayout1|formLayout12|formLayout13|formLayout40|formLayout41|textField1" "-event" "SelectionChanged" "statusLineUpdateInputField"
13:  "-permanent" "-parent" "MayaWindow|mayaMainWindowForm|formLayout1|formLayout12|formLayout13|formLayout40|formLayout41" "-event" "constructionHistoryChanged" "updateConstructionHistory"
26: "-protected" "-event" "SelectionChanged" "objectDetailsBackfaces()"
27: "-protected" "-event" "SelectionChanged" "objectDetailsSmoothness()"
28: "-protected" "-event" "SelectionChanged" "objectDetailsInstance()"
29: "-protected" "-event" "SelectionChanged" "objectDetailsDisplayLayer()"
30: "-protected" "-event" "SelectionChanged" "objectDetailsNumberOfSelectedObjects()"
31: "-protected" "-event" "SelectionChanged" "subdDetailsCurrentLevel()"
32: "-protected" "-event" "SelectionChanged" "subdDetailsCurrentMode()"

I think most of those are the HUD.

I am going to reinstall and see what happens.

Thanks again.
Todd

[joojaa]

reinstall ususly does nothing for you! reneme the prfs folder instead (so you can get it back!)

[tscott1213]

Ok,

I renamed my prefs directory and Maya created a new (presumably default) one, but I am still getting the same behavior...its really odd.

Are there preferences stored anywhere else that I could remove?

[joojaa]

No, bu t this doe reinforce its a script of somekind, try renaming all you scriptfollders (except the factory scripts offcourse. Hope you dont store downoloded scripts as part of factory ones, as you realy realy realy shouldnt)

Usualy a culprint can be tracked by locating userSetup.mel but...

Sounds wierd indeed. Offcourse be sure there isnt a object named along the lies you try toname it because THEN maya woill do this. And not just dag nodes. Because may SHULD rename objects inb case of clash! BUt only if theres a clash.

[tscott1213]

Luckily, I do keep my custom script files and plugins in a separate directory (except for template scripts, don't they have to go in the AETemplates directory).

I renamed my .env file so that my script and plugin directories are not loaded and I removed the custom AETemplates. However, I am still getting the same problem.

If I echo all commands and just hit the "Create Polygon Sphere" button, here is the output to the script window if I turn on "echo all"

CODE
CreatePolygonSphere;
performPolyPrimitive Sphere 0;
polySphere -r 1 -sx 20 -sy 20 -ax 0 1 0 -tx 1 -ch 1;
// Result: pSphere1 polySphere1 //
// Result: polySphere -r 1 -sx 20 -sy 20 -ax 0 1 0 -tx 1 -ch 1 //
changeToolIcon;
autoUpdateAttrEd;
statusLineUpdateInputField;
editMenuUpdate MayaWindow|mainEditMenu;

Does anything here look odd?

Thank you again for all this help.
Todd