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UpdateExternalReference

Introduced

6.0

Description

Sets all paths of external references used by a given target. The paths to feed into this command are a comma delimited string of all the paths used.

Note: UpdateExternalReference does not work for expressions, please use EditExpr to update expressions.

Scripting Syntax

UpdateExternalReference( Target, InputObjs )

Parameters

Return Value

String

Examples

JScript Example

/*
   Demonstrates how to use UpdateExternalReference to update all external reference paths
*/
var coll = GetExternalReferences();
for ( var i=0; i<coll.Count; i++ ) {
   var paths = InspectExternalReference( coll(i) );
   paths = paths.replace( "ModelA", "ModelB" );
   UpdateExternalReference( coll(i), paths );
}

See Also

Autodesk Softimage v7.5     <     >