Project Manager

Project Manager - Asset Browser for 3ds Max

• Easy to organize and use 3ds Max models, materials, textures and lights.
• Merging models, materials, bitmaps and IES using drag& drop.
• Store/Create Proxy with materials.
• Interactive rendering previews for materials and IES photometric files.
• Show native previews for 3ds Max files, DWG, SketchUp, BIP motion, HDRI & etc.
• Support to Substance textures
• Search files by tags and file-names.
• Power Asset Tracking Management.
• Support to most used renderers like Vray, Corona, Octane, Mental Ray, Maxwell & etc.

Changes for Project Manager v.2.89.20:

• Adds Revit as default file format for 3d files
• Native preview for .RVT, .RFA (Revit) and .GSM files
• Display native description for Corona Proxy Files
• Changes for merging models by double-click: Keeps object original position and doesn’t create a group
• Adds capability to use data such as Light multiplier (in lumens), light’s shape and size from IES photometric file
• Adds an ability to create Indigo IES Lights ( Indigo Renderer 4+ )
• Fixes an issues with drag&drop bitmaps to the render dialog and command panel
• Fixes an issues with drag&drop bitmaps to FstormBitmap slot
• Fixes an issue with merging xRef objects when the xRef option “Tracks” is set to “xRef”
• Fixes an issue with resetting object’s scale when “Place mode” is set to “Default”
• Fixes a logical mistake in using variables “FilePath” and “FileName” in “Batch Render&Relink” tool
• Fixes an issue with renaming files

Update History for all versions.

Models	Materials	Textures
HDRI	IES	Asset Files

Quick Start Frequently Asked Questions

Main Features

• Simplifies the addition any types of assets, such as models, materials, textures and IES to the scene
• Cataloging libraries of models, materials, textures and IES
• Sync database on network.
• Full support to all types of Drag& Drop (Cataloging, merging, apply materials & etc.)
• Displays thumbnails for Bitmaps, 3d models, Proxy, IES, Material Libraries and other file-types (include formats HDR, EXR, PSD and other)
• Interactive rendering preview for materials, IES and BVH files [* new]
• Ability to exclude unwanted objects from Merging.
• Automatically fixes paths to Textures for merged models.
• Replacement scene objects by other objects
• Automatic conversion merged models to Proxy (Vray, Corona and etc.)
• Ability to save and restore Proxy objects with materials
• Saving the models and materials with maps
• Save/Restore Materials with modifiers
• Support to Slate Material Editor
• Search files by name, description and tags.
• Ability to add a description and tags to max, ies and image files.
• Display of embedded thumbnails in 3Ds Max, AutoCad, SketchUp and Biped files.

Asset Tracking

• Search for missing assets
• Relink external files
• Collect external files
• Archiving a 3ds Max scene
• Ability to exclude files from collecting by type of file
• Rename the links by mask
• Removing the links from scene
• Selecting the objects by their links to files
• Displays in interactive mode a list of files linked to selected objects
• Place Materials and BitmapTextures into the Material Editor
• Show/Hide bitmap in viewport
• Opening the files into the external application.
• Ability to collect the Asset files via clipboard and by using drag& drop
• Includes the “ Batch Render& Relink ” tool for organize the Asset files into the 3d Models and Materials Libraries in the batch mode
• Support to xRef files.

Misc Features

• Support to almost all known renderers and plug-ins.
• Unostentatious and “Transparent” the demo-version
• Ability to back-up settings before reinstalling 3ds Max or Windows
• Autocheck for updates
• User-Friendly interface
• Usability Default Setting