Script to change selected items' class

[grant_PD]

Is there a script to change a selected item's class?  Say I have a bunch of extrudes I just made and I forgot to put them in the none class.  I select them all and run the script, it puts them in that class.  

[JBenghiat]

SetClass() will set an object's class.

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:SetClass

 

ForEachObject() will iterate through objects

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:ForEachObject

also

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:ForEachObjectInLayer

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:ForEachObjectInList

 

 

[grant_PD]

Thanks Joshua!  If it's already selected, do I need a handle?

 

[JBenghiat]

Yes — a handle is like a temporary ID for an object (it's actually the location of where the object is stored in Vectorworks' memory). Most vs functions take the handle as the parameter.

 

ForEachObject lets you send selected objects to your action function. You might want something like this:

 

Function ChangeClass( h: HANDLE ):BOOLEAN;
BEGIN
	SetClass( h, 'None' );
END;

ForEachObjectInList( ChangeClass, 2 {selected objects}, 0 {shallow}, FSActLayer );