Get new instance of a renamed object

[iamVFX]

Is there a way to rename an object and get it as an new instance? For example SetValue returns unicode name without parent model:

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si = Application

si.NewScene()

model = si.CreateModel()
obj = si.GetPrim("Null", "", model)
print type(obj)
# <type 'instance'>

obj = si.SetValue(obj.FullName+".Name", "null_renamed")
print type(obj)
# <type 'unicode'>

# The question is: how to rename object and get as an 'instance'?

[xsisupport]

According to the docs, SetValue should return the old parameter value (eg the old name) but it returns the new name. The Name parameter is a string value, so you get back a string.

Anyways...

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si = Application

#si.NewScene()

model = si.CreateModel()
obj = si.GetPrim("Null", "", model)
print type(obj)
# <type 'instance'>

obj1 = si.Dictionary.GetObject( si.SetValue(obj.FullName+".Name", "null_renamed") )
print type(obj1)

print obj == obj1
# False

print obj.IsEqualTo(obj1)
# True

[iamVFX]

Oh, I get it! Thank you, Steve! Again