Renamer

Renamer is a utility for batch-renaming selected nodes. It is designed to handle hierarchical renaming by managing object dependencies, which prevents the common “No object matches name” errors that occur when a parent node is renamed before its children.

Renaming Modes

Rename

Renames objects to a specific string. Any name conflicts are resolved using Maya’s internal mechanism.

Find and Replace

Leaves shape nodes untouched during the renaming process.

Add Prefix

Prepends a custom string to the object name.

Add Suffix

Appends a custom string to the object name.

Rename and Number

Offers granular control over numbering, including custom placement within the name, specific padding, and custom start indices.

Shape Processing

Rename shapes

Automatically renames shape nodes to match their parent transforms

Don’t rename shapes

Locates a specific string within the name and replaces it with another.

Treat shapes as nodes

Processes shape nodes as if they were ordinary nodes.

Setup

Installation

Renamer is part of the FX Python Tools library. Download fxpt from GitHub and add it to your PYTHONPATH directory.

fxpt on GitHub

How to Run

To launch the tool via the Script Editor or a shelf button:

Python

from fxpt import fx_renamer
fx_renamer.run()

from fxpt import fx_renamer
fx_renamer.run()

Code