[choo-chee]

Hey maya masters....
is there a way to add more toolbar icons with some VERY needed commands, like:
* show/hide all maxwell references
* show/hide all maxwell instances
* select/de-select all maxwell.... well you get the idea I guess.
thanx !

[choo-chee]

* bump *

[Mihnea Balta]

I don't think it's a good idea to clutter the shelf with a lot of buttons. We haven't received other requests for show/hide/select buttons and most likely different users need different customizations; we would end up with a million buttons.

However, it's easy to do what you wish with MEL. For example, this command selects all Maxwell references:

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select -r `ls -type maxwellReferencedMXS`

If you type this in the script editor and select the text, you can drag it with the middle mouse button onto the shelf and Maya will create a new button which runs that command. You can also use the shelf editor to add, edit and remove buttons (you will find it either in the Window -> Settings/Preferences menu, or by clicking on the down arrow on the left of the shelf).

[choo-chee]

thanx man, you see I count on you gyus to tell me how to do stuff like this...
-edit-
can you PLEASE also tell me how to do the same with instances?
I'll make icons for those commands if anyone else wants it...

[Mihnea Balta]

Replace maxwellReferencedMXS with maxwellInstance in the command above.