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Organize objects
Organize objects
Make an object unselectable (template)
Change the name of one or more objects
You can give different objects in the scene
the same name, but two sibling nodes (nodes with the same parent)
cannot have the same name.
NoteIn node and attribute names, all punctuation
except for the underscore (_) and the pound sign (#) are illegal
characters.
To
change the name of an object or node
- Do
one of the following:
- Select
an object or node and edit its name at the top of the Attribute
Editor.
- Double-click
a node in the Outliner.
- Press on a
node in the Hypergraph and select Rename.
To
rename multiple objects at once
- Select
the objects.
- Open
the pop-up menu next to the input field(s) on the Status
line and select Rename.
- Type
the base name for all the objects. Maya renames the objects to have the
base name plus an incremental number.
To
add a prefix to the names of a parent node and all its children
- Select
the parent node and select
Modify > Prefix Hierarchy Names.
To search and replace
names in the scene
- Select
Modify > Search and Replace Names.
You can search and replace all node names in
the scene, selected node names, or node names in a hierarchy.