rs.GetObjects and *then* SelName does not work properly

Scripting
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Hi,

some of my Python scripts let the user select objects using rs.GetObjects(). The selection is frequently performed with the interactive SelName function. I.e. instead of picking objects with the mouse I type selname and choose objects based on their object name.

When I happen to choose objects that have no name assigned (i.e. the first entry <No name> in the Select Name dialogue box) then this does not seem to work properly. The objects are visually highlighted as selected but the result of the rs.GetObjetcs - function is None.

I think this might be related to this earlier toppic:_SelName from rs.GetObjects not returning expected results

Regards,
Gero.

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Yes, I can confirm that…

As a workaround, I guess you could try this:

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
rs.GetObjects(select=True)
obj_IDs=rs.SelectedObjects()

Seems to work with SelName inside the GetObjects() method, even if the objects have no name.

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Oh that was quick. Thanks a lot for this nice idea. Actually my personal workaround is to give those objects a name, in most cases I assign names anyway sooner or later…