ObjectsByGroup

Returns the identifiers of objects based on the objects' group name.

Syntax

Rhino.ObjectsByGroup (strGroup [, blnSelect [, intType]])

Parameters

strGroup

Required. String. The name of a group of objects.

blnSelect

Optional. Boolean. Select the objects. If omitted, the objects are not selected (False).

intType

Optional. Number. The type(s) of geometry objects (points, curves, surfaces, meshes, etc.) that can be returned. Object types can be added together to filter several different kinds of geometry.

Value	Hex	Description
(Default) 0	&h0	All objects (Default)
1	&h1	Point
2	&h2	Point cloud
4	&h4	Curve
8	&h8	Surface (single-face Brep or Extrusion)
16	&h10	Polysurface (multiple-face Brep or Extrusion)
32	&h20	Mesh
256	&h100	Light
512	&h200	Annotation
4096	&h1000	Instance (Block) reference
8192	&h2000	Text dot
16384	&h4000	Grip
32768	&h8000	Detail
65536	&h10000	Hatch
131072	&h20000	Morph control
134217728	&h8000000	Cage
268435456	&h10000000	Phantom
536870912	&h20000000	Clipping plane
1073741824	&h40000000	Extrusion

Returns

Array	An array of strings identifying the objects if successful.
Null	If not successful, or on error.

Example

Dim arrObjects, strGroup

strGroup = Rhino.GetString("Group to select")

If Not IsNull(strGroup) Then

arrObjects = Rhino.ObjectsByGroup(strGroup, True)

End If

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