Newbie here. I have given names to grouped objects. Now I need to find an object by its name. I expect Rhino to zoom into it and select it. Is this possible? [image] I see the FindText command but if I enter a name in there, it cannot find anything. Am I maybe using it wrong? [image] Any help …

Here is a relatively simple script that may help - It puts up a stringbox on the screen where you can type the search term. It allows for * as wildcards at the start, end or both start and end of the search string (not in the middle though). It will select all objects that have object names corre…

Btw, I found some coding snippet that does what I am looking for, however I do not know whether I can use this as a simple script within Rhino (e.g. the Python version): [image] Find Objects by Name Demonstrates how to find objects by their name or label.

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks @Helvetosaur ! I am using RunPythonScript to trigger the find dialog.

[image] davosian: I am using RunPythonScript to trigger the find dialog. Here are some instructions for making this work from a toolbar button or alias… https://wiki.mcneel.com/developer/macroscriptsetup

I learned about aliases and tried to run the script as an alias but for some reason I do not get the popup this way. Here is what I did: On my Mac, I copied the script inside the library folder: /Users/dstaiger/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/Scripts/SearchSelectObjName.py and restart…

This is what I have configured after copying the script there: [image] I am not getting the popup to enter my search query if I do it this way. Is it maybe not interactive anymore?

That all seems like it should work… my Mac is unfortunately too old to run V7, but I can see if it will run in V6. Wait, what does Cmd+K do? Does the script run if you type out the full alias name? OK, I can’t get it to work from an alias here on my Mac either - it works with RunPythonScript and…

As far as I can see right now, this is completely broken in V7. Still poking. -Pascal

Cmd-K opens the command prompt: [image] OK, I can’t get it to work from an alias here on my Mac either - it works with RunPythonScript and browse to file on the desktop This is exactly the behavior I am seeing.

[image] pascal: this is completely broken in V7. V6 too, as far as I can tell.

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davosian January 7, 2021, 4:21pm 9

These are the instructions I followed: https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/running-python-scripts-from-aliases-or-toolbar-buttons/47290

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