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Here is a snippet of script that I use a lot when dealing with Character’s Name Spaces within MotionBuilder.<\/p>\n
\r\n##Setup variables to get all characters within the scene\r\nlAllChars = FBSystem().Scene.Characters\r\n##Setup a variable to get the length of lAllChars - this will be used to creat a loop\r\nlNumberofChars = len(lAllChars)\r\n\r\n##Set up the CharacterInfo Function\r\ndef CharacterInfo(i):\r\n ##Setup variables Current Character\r\n lCurrentCharacter = FBSystem().Scene.Characters[i]\r\n ##Select our Current Character\r\n lCurrentCharacter.Selected = True\r\n ##Setup variables for our Character's Names - we are going to split the vale at the ":" leaving us with jsut the NameSpace\r\n lCurrentCharName = lCurrentCharacter.LongName.rsplit(':', 2)[0]\r\n ##print NameSpace\r\n print lCurrentCharName\r\n\r\n##Run a loop for the the number we created in the variable "lNumberofChars"\r\nfor i in range (lNumberofChars):\r\n ##Run our function\r\n CharacterInfo(i)\r\n<\/pre>\nI often split the LongName to provide me with the NameSpace, I find it cleaner to read when I print it out – which I do often to ensure my scripts are being run on the correct characters at the correct time.<\/p>\n
I hope this helps.<\/p>\n
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