Project Manager
Version:
3.12.68
Date Updated:
11/04/2020 3rd version of Project Manager gains a lot of new features for management 3D Assets.
There is most unique from them – the ability to assign custom previews to materials, associate files with materials, and create a gallery of files associated with any type of assets including materials.
You can also write a description for material and, of course, add materials to favorites.
Project Manager version 3.12.68
- Adds support to mapping source for V-Ray PBR materials
- Adds an ability to export files to vrscene (menu "Export to:" => vrscene )
- Adds an ability to replace a selected file with a model from the scene
- Displays a list of modifiers linked to a material
- Adds an ability to filter Favorite folders
- Adds the default Corona material library to the treeview
- Adds the default V-Ray material library to the treeview
- Adds an ability to merge models to the active layer (Look for this feature in Preferences, Miscellaneous tab)
- Adds an ability to specify the texture class to be used with HDRI (Look for this feature in Preferences, Miscellaneous tab)
- Adds an ability to move Favorites to top level
- Adds an ability to store/restore the size of Favorites panel
- Fixes an issue with Auto install feature in Project Manager version 3 (silent mode installation)
- Fixes an issue with rendering of previews for scenes with xRef objects
- Fixes an issue with resizing images [Convert Images tool]
- Fixes an issue with F8 hotkey for assigning materials
- Fixes an issue with deleting files from Catalogs that display files from subdirectories
- Fixes a bug with Advanced File Renamer tool
- Fixes an issue with displaying the exclude merging list in 3ds Max 2021
- Fixes an issue in 3ds Max 2021 with displaying the list of object classes excluded from merging
- Fixes an issue with setting up a default renderer in the Render Preferences dialog box
- Fixes an issue with renaming scene materials
- Fixes a bug with opening the Render Thumbnail Preferences dialog in 3ds Max 2018 and older versions
- Fixes an issue arising when monitor screen DPI uses a scale of more than 100%
- Fixes some interface issues
Project Manager version 3.12.17
- Adds an ability to colorize Favorites
- Adds an ability to display sub-folders in Favorites
- Adds an ability to display assets from multiple selected Favorites
- Adds an ability to sort Favorites alphabetically
- Adds an ability to optimize database from the Preferences dialog
- Speeds-up adding files to Favorites using drag&drop
- Adds support to Corona 6
- Opens the "Mass Rename" tool using F2 hotkey when multiply assets are selected
- Fixes an issue with upgrading large databases to 3rd version
- Fixes some issues with lighting and camera views in some cases when rendering previews for 3d models
- Fixes an issue with dragging materials/textures to multi/sub-object materials in 3ds Max 2021
- Fixes a bug with auto-updating
- Some optimizations & speed improvements
Update History for all versions.
Models  | Materials  | |
Textures  | IES  | Asset Files  |
Quick Start Frequently Asked Questions
Main Features
- Easy to organize and use 3ds Max Models, Materials, Textures and IES Photometric Lights.
- Merge Models, Materials, Bitmaps and IES using Drag& Drop.
- Store/Create Proxy with materials.
- Interactive rendering previews for Materials, IES Photometric, BVH Motion capture, FBX, OBJ, 3DS and other such 3d files.
- Show native previews for 3ds Max files, ArchVision RPC, GrowFx, Revit, Substance, BIP motion, SketchUp, Revit, HDRI & etc.
- Create PBR (Physically Based Rendering) materials
- Support to Substance textures
- Search files by tags and file-names.
- Power Asset Tracking Management.
- Support to most used renderers like V-Ray, Corona, Octane, Mental Ray, Maxwell & etc.
Project Manager’s Features in Infographic
Version Requirement:
3ds Max 2014 and above
Comments
There are only a commercial
There are only a commercial version of PM.
You can use the Demo version of PM for unlimited time.
No problem after uninstall.
You can open your scenes exact same as always.
uninstall
free/lite PM version Questions:
- For the time period I was using PM are all my scene's tide to PM?
- If I uninstall PM using the mzp will I have scene file issues when reopening said scene with out PM installed?
Thanks
xRef Objects
Yes, I will buy Project Manager once its has the "xRef Objects" feature, thanks.
Yes - of course It's a good
Yes - of course
It's a good idea
Menu for future version.
"xref objects" in 'Model Merge Options'
Hi thanks. But your method is "xref scene". What I want is "xref objects", is that possible?
xref objects
"xref objects" in 'Model Merge Options'
There are only three options in "Model Merge Options":
1) Merge as Proxy
2) Use Existing Proxy-File
3) Display as Box
Is it possible to merge the 3D model objects like using the "xref objects", that can be found in 3dsmax's file menu?
Excuse, but I think that you
Excuse, but I think that you incorrectly measure time.
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Folder: Z:\!_Maps\_Maps_sorted\!_Best_Maps\Fabrik\waverly.com
Test #1
Project Manager
Items Count: 2069 | Total Lenght: 47.2 MB | Time:7.784 sec
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HCG
Items Count: 2069 | Total Lenght: 47.2 MB | Time:12.564 sec
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Test #2
Project Manager
Items Count: 2069 | Total Lenght: 47.2 MB | Time:7.923 sec
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HCG
Items Count: 2069 | Total Lenght: 47.2 MB | Time:12.151 sec
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Folder: Z:\!_Maps\_Maps_sorted\!_Best_Maps\Fabrik\waverly.com\New Folder
Test #1
Project Manager
Items Count: 2267 | Total Lenght: 145.4 MB | Time:8.99 sec
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HCG
Items Count: 2267 | Total Lenght: 145.4 MB | Time:13.052 sec
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Test #2
Project Manager
Items Count: 2267 | Total Lenght: 145.4 MB | Time:8.954 sec
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HCG
Items Count: 2267 | Total Lenght: 145.4 MB | Time:13.23 sec
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Folder: Z:\!_Maps\_Maps_sorted\!_Best_Maps\_ARROWAY\arroway-wood\Maps
Test #1
Project Manager
Items Count: 157 | Total Lenght: 1.1 GB | Time:0.533 sec
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HCG
Items Count: 157 | Total Lenght: 1.1 GB | Time:1.067 sec
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Test #2
Project Manager
Items Count: 157 | Total Lenght: 1.1 GB | Time:0.535 sec
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HCG
Items Count: 157 | Total Lenght: 1.1 GB | Time:1.053 sec
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Another thing I noticed...
And another thing I noticed - is there going to be speed improvement in the next versions? I noticed that the project manager hangs for 4-5 second before showing up the files if they are on a network location. In "HCG asset browser pro" (script similar to "Project Manager") the files show up almost instantly. I hope that this gets solved in next releases.
>>I just did a test with an
>>I just did a test with an empty folder on the network and it gets wiped out completely!
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Any who is familiar with a network knows about it.
Windows so works.
I think the "Project Manager" must have ability to delete files.
And certainly a key "Delete" have knowingly placed out separately from the basic keyboard keys.
It is difficult for pressing by accident.
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Sorry, but i not plan to remove this ability.