Copy and Paste Objects
It's always annoyed me that I couldn't copy objects from one instance of max and paste them into another - as I work with 2 or 3 instances of max up at a time. It's tedious to do a save selected / merge objects so this script does it for you. It's not a TRUE copy/paste via the windows clipboard - but it will let you very quickly copy objects from one file to another.
09-02-03 Update: just updated contact info in script header and changed version requirement to reflect current versions of 3ds max...
Usage:
Select the objects you want to copy. Run 'copy script' (I assign mine to Ctrl+Shift+C). Now run the 'paste script' (I assign mine to Ctrl+Shift+V) into either the same file or you can load another instance of max and 'paste' the objects into it.
Installation:
1. Click Maxscript / Run Script and choose wherever you downloaded this file to
1a. It will seem like nothing happened but that's exactly what it should do - you now need to assign a shortcut to it
2. Click Customize / Customize User Interface / Keyboard (tab)
3. Change the Category to 'CG_Tools'
4. Click 'Copy Objects to File' and change its Hotkey to something - maybe Ctrl+Shift+C .Click Assign
5. Click 'Paste Objects from File' and change its Hotkey to something - maybe Ctrl+Shift+V. Click Assign
6. Click Save and save your custom UI settings to a file - do yourself a favor and don't use the default.
7. That's it.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| CopyPasteObjects.mcr | 2.63 KB |
Comments
GREAT! tanks
GREAT! tanks
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so simple yet so useful :)!
so simple yet so useful :)! thanks!
edit: just to note, for people having the same issue: if you have two max instances opened that do have different project folders set, the default path in the script
getDir #autobackwill not work, so just change it to something likegetDir #maxrootor"D:\yourFolder\"to make it work.Never get low & slow & out of ideas
Thanks for the awesome
Thanks for the awesome script, it really helps my workflow as I now generally have 2 3ds max's loaded up, one for assets and the other for the main model.
This script has also helped me quickly copy objects between networks.
Man ... this is a BIG time
Man ... this is a BIG time saver ! thanks a lot for sharing this one !
By curiosity, is there any temp file(s) stored somewhere ? I'd like to know that just to avoid having one gigas of those :) :)
Thanks again.
NicolasC
thx, Why is it not possible
thx,
Why is it not possible to make copy to clipboard with max?
I try fbx it's not a good solution at all.
materials attached to the obj are converted to standard.
If i save the scene mat file in 2010, max 2009 crash when I try to open it.
do you know a trick to open this mat file 2009 or lower version?
the problem is that I have a lots of complex vraymlt in the scene and can't access to it in 2009.
thx
Sorry but this script just
Sorry but this script just automates the 3ds max command "save selected" and "merge" which means it'll only work with 2 instances of the same version of max (ie 2010 -> 2010 or 2009 -> 2009)... Your best bet when sending data to an old max instance is to use FBX (make sure to download the latest FBX plugins from Autodesk first).
hi nice script do you know
hi
nice script
do you know a way to create the same script that can copy an obj from a 2010 file and paste it in one in 2009 version?
Great, thanks.
Great,
thanks.
summer
For the time being just
For the time being just right click on the file attachment and click "Save link as" or "Save target as" and follow instructions above... I'll make a change on the server so this isn't a problem in the future.
Christopher Grant
ScriptSpot.com
Christopher Grant
Admin, ScriptSpot.com
Need Help! For some reason
Need Help!
For some reason i am not able to download the script. every time i click on the link it shows a text file type with the description. Can someone please guide me how to get this work. Max Version 2010 Design.