Constructing MObject from existing object name in Maya scene

Question

How can I construct an MObject with Maya API having access to only the existing object name in the scene?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 18 '16 at 17:32

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It was easy actually!

MSelectionList selection; selection.add(MString(objName)); selection.getDependNode(0, object);

answered Jun 18 '16 at 17:32

Yasin

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '16 at 18:32

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It's a bit more idiomatic to use MGlobal.getSelectionListByName() which does the same thing.

answered Jun 18 '16 at 18:32

theodox

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