Delete object by name

On 05/07/2014 at 03:50, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi, I am new to Python and am creating a rig. When the user clicks a userdata checkbox, I need a specific object deleted. Here is what I have that doesn't work.

def delete() :

# find "MAT and Surface Thumbs"
    mat_thumbs = doc.SearchObject('MAT and Surface Thumbs')
    if obj.mat_thumbs:
        obj.Remove('MAT and Surface Thumbs')

Can anyone help? Thanks.

On 05/07/2014 at 07:16, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

1. What is obj? But nevermind, you can be sure that mat_thumbs won't be assigned to its
   attributes if you don't do so explicitly
2. Assuming that mat_thumbs was an attribute of obj, you'd still need to use it when
   calling Remove(), like obj.mat_thumbs.Remove()
3. The Remove() method does not need an argument.

def delete() :
    mat_thumbs = doc.SearchObject('MAT and Surface Thumbs')
    if mat_thumbs:
        mat_thumbs.Remove()

-Niklas

On 05/07/2014 at 07:44, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Here is my entire code block but it does not seem to remove the object. (This is part of the rig I PM'd you about. I will probably end up paying you to do it, based on your response to my email but in the meantime, the more I can learn about getting this all to work, the better. Thank-you for your time and patience.)

import c4d
from c4d import gui

def delete() :

mat_thumbs = doc.SearchObject('MAT and Surface Thumbs')
  if mat_thumbs:
      mat_thumbs.Remove()

if __name__=='__main__':
  main()

On 07/07/2014 at 01:53, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I guess you have to add c4d.EventAdd().
So tel cinema 4d to update.