Select With Full Dag Path

Maya
1

Hey!

I've got a question, say I have a skeleton under a group node and i duplicate this group node - is there a quick way to select a certain joint in the skeleton under a certain group node without having to use full dag paths...

i.e.

[codebox]
groupA ->
jointA ->
jointB ->
jointC

groupB ->
jointA ->
jointB ->
jointC
[/codebox]

where groupB is a duplicate of groupA...

i would like to select - say jointC under groupB without knowing the full dag path - i.e. something like this

[codebox]
select -r groupB|*|jointC
[/codebox]

i know this syntax is incorrect but is there a quick way to do this?

or can i only search the hierarchy under the group?

2

list by name and use gmatch on all returned ones?

3

sorry my title is wrong! its meant to be "select without dag path"

4

hey Joojaa, sorry i didnt see your reply!

yeah i guess this is a stupid quetsion - i should just go in and search the hierarchy....

thanks for help!

mmm - sorry to be an idiot!

5

btw this might be a good idea for a custom "select" command...

i.e.

[codebox]
cSelect groupNode|*|iWantToFindThis
[/codebox]

actually not a bad idea... i guess if i get time later ill write one!

6

QUOTE(richie_m @ 05/23/07, 01:37 PM) [snapback]266506[/snapback]
yeah i guess this is a stupid quetsion - i should just go in and search the hierarchy....

why just las the last part and gmatch all the returns towards your string. or use ls trough filter.

7

hey Joojaa, thats what im doing!

sorry if I didn't make myself clear! it actually works great!