3ds Max | Scripts

A better way to select object in 3dsMax's viewport.

The current problem with Max's default selection method is that is cycles trough all the object underneath the mouse pointer, resulting in endless clicks to get the right object. you'll get it in the end but it's not pretty.

So what does this script do?

The existing selecting mechanism is not altered, this just adds a few things.

When you now click on a stack of objects, and keep holding the mouse button down, you can move your mouse up/down to select objects further or closer to the viewpoint.

I'm happy to release a new script that allows you to create scripts using objects in max's viewport. It was written with the idea that it could replace the long outdated and basically useless "Visual Maxscript Editor" - it's even named the same acronym.

VME also 'imports' a PSD and converts it to a .MS file, if the PSDs layers are named correctly.

You can follow the development here: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=98&t=959876

Here is a shot of the UI:

With this tool you can change the bitmap path of VrayBmpFilter maps very quickly and easily. In this case, Asset Tracking can not help because does not see the VrayBmpFilter maps in the scene.

This is a script that will allow you to create a Max Standard Target Camera (Ctrl+C) at the click of a button. More importantly it will allow you to create a VRay Phycical Camera from prespect view at the touch of a button. No more having to align your Vray-camera with the standard Max Camera. You can also choose which camera to display in the selected viewport from a drop-down list

Quad Cap is a 3Ds Max script that is designed to produce fast quad caps for even sided polygons saving you time and energy. Why do it manually if you can do it automatically?

Here are some of the benefits you get:
• Save time and energy to model what’s really important
• Perfect quad topology for you cylinders and spheres
• Subdivides perfectly
• Improves hard surfaces modeling and even organic modeling • Plus many more I can’t think of know

The Autodesk Material Converter is a commercial script for all 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design users starting from release 2011 and up who need optimized materials for mental ray, V-Ray or VR applications. With one click all Autodesk Material Library materials are converted into Arch & Design or V-Ray materials. Conversion to Standard materials takes only two clicks

The major adavantage will be an increase in rendering speed (on average 35%) plus it will give you the flexibility you need for your material fine tuning. and of course you don't want to manually convert materials which are coming in from AutoCAD, Revit and Inventor into 3ds Max (Design)

Most VR applications need Standard materials to work with. The conversion to Standard works from Arch & Design or Vray materials

In addition to material conversion the script checks if there are double materials inside the scene. If they are there, they will be changed into instances, keeping the number of materials as low as can be.

New features in v2.5!

• conversion from Arch&Design to V-Ray and back...it's there!
• conversion of all Autodesk maps
• conversion of some V-Ray specific maps or MentalRay specific maps

Hi Guys,

Welcome to Render Optimizer V3. Use this tool to activate the mental ray "secrets". Optimize your Renderings with new Light-Method, Sampling-Method and RAM-Managment. 

Render Optimizer Options

This is a 3dsMax manager tool for preferably for Vray users, very useful for editing architectural models created with other software (eg. ArchiCAD) and fast scene setup. Very useful tools for Selection, Renderin, Incremental Rendering, Copy/Paste objects from other scenes, Material Replacer, Animation with Moving Objects, Exporting/Importing Vray Proxy with material and so on...

Z MNG VR - The manager for working with Vray

VERSION 2 AVAILABLE:
Get 3dhippie stereocam v2

ADDED in 2.1.2
Camera Clipping.
Bugfixes.

ADDED in 2.1.0