Node Handles

A property has been added in 3ds Max 4 to a node’s interface called .handle . This can be used to get the unique node handle ID from the node.

    

id = $Box01.handle

Returns the unique id associated with the node

A method in the maxOps interface will return a node associated with a given handle.

    

node =maxOps.getNodeByHandle <number>

Returns the node associated with the id passed in.

NOTE:

It is safer to say $box01.inode.handle than $box01.handle . This is to prevent cases where the baseobject has property called handle, like a teapot, and you get that object’s handle instead of the node handle.

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