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ºº LED style animation with MAXScript º. 2012.01.12
Watch in YouTube
A video tutorial (11 min, 22 sec), more details at ScriptSpot.
ºº Dimension 1.2 º. 2011.12.30
An update of my scripted Dimension modifier.
More details you can read at it script page.
Dimension 1.2
ºº Dimension 1.1 º. 2011.12.30
A minor update of my scripted Dimension modifier. There is one more reasonable request about this modifier, but more updates coming next year ;-)
ºº Selected Verts Boundary º. 2011.12.22
A mini utility show the boundingbox of selected vertices,
as well their Min/Max boundary in world space coordinates.
Selected Verts Boundary
ºº Batch Loader v.1.9 º. 2011.11.16
Well, one more update of Batch Loader.
An issue with "Import Name Conflict" dialogue fixed.

Thanks to Richard Missin, who send me testing files that reproduce the issue.

ºº Batch Loader v.1.8 º. 2011.11.13
Another update of Batch Loader that fill 2 user requests. Suppress additional popup dialogue in import process, plus now "Browse for folder" dialogue start in recently used path.
ºº Batch Loader v.1.7 º. 2011.10.30

Multi Camera Preview
I fill another request adding new option to the Batch Loader tool. Now you can attach impoted/merged objects per file as one mesh or poly.
ºº Select Faces By Normal v.1.3 º. 2011.10.29
Select Faces By Normal SFBN is one of my recent personal scripts.
Select faces by normal in the given XYZ positive/negative axis.
Work with
    base poly/mesh,
    edit poly/mesh modifiers,
    mesh select modifier.
NOTE:The current macros is not a replacement of the Graphite Tools (new in Max 2010) "Select By Normal" utility. This script have more flexible functionality (and fills my needs). Also if relevant, you can use that script in older Max versions.
ºº ViewPort Preview v.1.4 º. 2011.10.22
An update. More flexible custom-built sequence for negative ranges.
Multi Camera Preview
What's new and more details at ScriptSpot.
ºº AddPRSKeys º. 2011.10.07
GUI AddPRSKeys is a quick script I made to fill this request.

Good for some game engines that requires a constant key on every frame to import correctly the animation.

It operate on selected objects and add new keys for position, rotation, scale or whole transform tracks in given range and by given Nth frame interval.

ºº Select By Material ID º. 2011.09.29
A macro script I wrote recently by user request.

Description:

  • Select all faces with Mareial ID equal to selected one
  • Work with base Poly/Mesh & Edit/Select Poly/Mesh Modifiers
  • Work on currently selected object/modifier in the modifier stack
    (which make it usage quite flexible).

Usage Notes:

    Before execute the script, select your base object or
    desired modifier (one of 4 supported) in the stack.
    Also for better control, be sure just one face is selected.

Warning Notes:

    Calling Edit Poly modifier methods from MaxScript
    works very unstable at my station, results varied all the time,
    and this is the reason to avoid it in my scripts, but
    its here though to make the script more complete and
    with hope you'll have better luck with it than me.
    So you're warned ;)

However, I hope you appreciate my efforts
and all the comforts that come from this macros.

ºº Fit the UVW Mapping Gizmo º. 2011.09.17
example Fit the UVW Mapping Gizmo is a macro script for 3ds Max 2008 and higher, and will works in previous version with free AVG extensions installed.

Hardly need to explain what Fit gizmo do in UVW Mapping modifier, nor yet the need and benefit of it automation via script, right?

That operation is not directly accessible to MAXScript, but thanks to Borislav "Bobo" Petrov and his nice tutorial on this task. He explain very well (as always) the matrix transforms.

Well, maybe my code hold some learning value too? However, as I not found such script online, I hope my script would be welcome to all Max'ers. (Script page)

ºº Undo SubObject Level º. 2011.09.13
Well, the title of those requested script and it source code said everything. I'll lose more time to describe what it do and how it works than the actual time I spend for coding it, right? If by chance you have questions, just test it and have fun ;) It's a macro script, so follow usual install procedure using Customize dialog.

Note: This page was too large and slow loading and I decide to clean it up and start over. Now it holds just the last dozen news, so if you wish to not miss something then check this page at least once monthly.

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