FREE Delete Nodes Maya Python Script Tool

You can use this script to help remove hidden or stubborn nodes. Whether your pipeline preflight is flagging some reference node you can't even find in the outliner, some instanced polysurface nodes that will take hours to find if your scene is huge.. Or you're just too lazy to dig in your complex of groups to delete certain geos - this simple yet powerful tool will help you do that.

Just put your node name inside the edit box and press "Delete Node"! A small window of what is being deleted will pop up, click okay, and watch them be gone for good! I use this almost every day at work, so it's pretty handy for me, and I thought I will share it with others out there :)

Features:

• flexible filter: you can use (asterisk) as a wild card. For example, if you want to delete "polySurfaceShape1", you can input polySurface* and it will remove all the nodes containing polySurface + other suffix. Likewise, if you input *Shape1, it will remove all the nodes containing the word "Shape1"
• a window that pops up and shows you what nodes have been deleted

Please let me know if it also helps you!

How to install:

My favorite way is to simply drag the .py file into your Script Editor Python tab > Ctrl + A and select all the text > drag over to your custom shelf or where you desire to access it > and done! You have just added a new tool to the shelf. If you right click on the tool you can customize it, change the icon, edit the label and help tip, etc.