Get clone of group and keep links

[rownn]

Hello,

for example I have a null object with 2 children, one child is a rectangleSpline and the other is a sphere. The sphere has an align-to-spline-tag with the rectangle as spline-path source. If I clone the null with null.GetClone() the new spline-path links to the old rectangle, but I want it to link to the new rectangle. So, how can I get the behavior alike copy paste groups in OM?

Thx for any hints
rownn

[s_bach]

Hello and welcome to the PluginCafe,

Please post your questions regarding the Cinema 4D API in the "Cinema 4D Development" forum.

Also, please use tags and the Q&A system to mark questions. Please read "Read Before Posting".

To handle links when coping objects one can use a AliasTrans object. This object allows to fix links after objects are copied.

trans = c4d.AliasTrans()
if trans is None or trans.Init(doc) is False:
    return False

objects = doc.GetActiveObjects(c4d.GETACTIVEOBJECTFLAGS_0)
 
for obj in objects:
     
    clone = obj.GetClone(c4d.COPYFLAGS_0, trans)
        
    if clone is not None:
        clone.SetName(obj.GetName() + " clone")
        doc.InsertObject(clone, None, None)
         
c4d.EventAdd()

You find more information in the C4DAtom Manual or the AliasTrans Python documentation.

Best wishes,
Sebastian

[rownn]

Very cool, thx alot Sebastian
rownn