UPDATE: Script updated to work in 2013

Here’s a script for applying an ICE compound to many objects in one go.

The script pops up a browser where you select a compound, and then the selected compound is applied to all selected objects (or, if a group is selected, to all members of the group.

I posted something similar before, but that was part of an add-on that adds new menu commands for applying ICE operators.

from siutils import si		# Application
if Application.Version().split('.')[0]>= "11":
	    si = si()                   # win32com.client.Dispatch('XSI.Application')

from siutils import log		# LogMessage
from siutils import C		# win32com.client.constants
from siutils import disp	# win32com.client.Dispatch

siut = disp('XSI.Utils')
sifact = disp('XSI.Factory')
siuitk = disp('XSI.UIToolkit')
sisel = si.Selection


#
# Pop up a browser to select a compound
#
def getCompound():
	initialDir = siut.BuildPath( si.InstallationPath( C.siUserPath ), "Data", "Compounds" )

	oFileBrowser = siuitk.FileBrowser
	oFileBrowser.DialogTitle = "Select compound to apply"
	oFileBrowser.InitialDirectory = initialDir
	oFileBrowser.Filter = "All Files (*.*)|*.*||"
	oFileBrowser.ShowOpen()

	return oFileBrowser.FilePathName

#
# Apply op to 
# - the selected objects
# OR
# - the members of a selected group
#
def getTargetObjects():
	objects = disp( "XSI.Collection" )

	if sisel.Count == 0:
		log( "Please select either some objects or a group" )
	elif sisel(0).IsClassOf( C.siGroupID ):
		objects = sisel(0).Members
	else:
		objects = sisel

	return objects

#
# Do it...
#
objects = getTargetObjects()	
sCompound = getCompound()

if sCompound != "" and objects.Count > 0:
	for o in objects:
		si.ApplyICEOp( sCompound, o.FullName )