Extended Cylinder+Cog
3ds max scripted plugin's
Cog:
Creates cogs, with easy to use settings:
- Radius, Height, Sides
- Gear Height-Scale
- Gap
- Inset, Chamfer
- Angled
- Smooth edge-top/bottom (!)Removed in latest version, hopefully will be added back soon(!)
E-Cylinder:
Creates standard cylinder whos faces are extruded by user defined settings:
- Height/Direction/Scale of extrusion
- Starting value of loop, with: 0+, cylinder sides+, cylinder sides*
- Ending value of loop, with 0+, cylinder sides+, cylinder sides*
- Step skipping
- Up to 4 faces extruded per loop, with each face being the loop number + defined value
- Presets: All Cog, Angled Cog , Top/Bottom Cog, Shuriken
Usage:
Cog:
When the plugin is loaded, it appears in the "Cheese3000 Primitives" section of 3ds Max's shapes.
To creates, click and drag to set radius, then set the height and click, then set the gear height and click again the end creation.
E-Cylinder:
When the plugin is loaded, it appears in the "Extended Primitives" section of 3ds Max's shapes.
To creates, click and drag to set radius, then set the height and click, then set the extrusion height and click again the end creation.
In "Extrusions" you can edit the settings of the extrude operations, Height, Scale, Direction and the faces to extrude.
In "Loop Parameters" you can edit the loop, its starting point, ending point and how much it skips.
Examples:
WARNINGS (Cog only)
Using top/bottom smoothing with larger then 0 Gap may result in unwanted smoothing groups.
Using Chamfer with larger then 0 Gap will result in unwanted edges being chamfered.
Using Chamfer and Angled will result in unwanted edges being chamfered.
Using Inset and Angled may result in deformation around gears.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| E-Cylinder.ms | 7.91 KB |
| Cog.ms | 12.15 KB |
Comments
Sorry, I haven't looked at,
Sorry, I haven't looked at, or updated the code for several years, so I am not sure what the problem could be, or how to fix it.
it doesn't works with 2012
it doesn't works with 2012 max
I made this quite a long time
I made this quite a long time ago, so I no longer have max 2013, nor am I sure if it works in that version, sorry.
Max 2013?
Thank you very much for your work, dude :)
There is no chamfer, its the
There is no chamfer, its the extrusion scale your seeing.
Only Cog has a chamfer
thank you for the quick feedback
i saw the chamfer in your demo Video for E-Cylinder
with cog no problems
thank you for your scripts und your work
best
mandor
Only Cog has a chamfer
Only Cog has a chamfer option(I would recommend using cog instead of E-Cylinder, E-Cylinder is more a of test).
Each time the loop is executed, 0-4 faces are extruded, the loop number + a defined variable.
With the settings you have, I cant see a problem with the result, again, its more of a test, Cog has clearer settings, and produces better results.
E-Cylinder.ms
thanks for the quick improvement
it runs
but no chamfer
strange behavior with 3: Loop and 4: Loop
see picture
best mandor
i use 3D MAX 2011 and 3D MAX 9 no different
What version of max are you
What version of max are you using?(for me no errors come up).
However, I have updated it, it should work fine now.
extended-cylinder_V3.ms - Syntax error on line 95
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-- Error occurred during fileIn in
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>> MAXScript FileIn Exception: -- Syntax error: at string, expected name
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