Project Manager

Project Manager - Asset Browser for 3ds Max

• 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, GrowFx, Revit, Substance, BIP motion, SketchUp, Revit, HDRI & etc.
• 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.

Changes for Project Manager v.2.96.00:

• Simplifies a method of adding a new material library:
  Now user can start create a new material library from any place of material treeView.
• Adds an ability to rendering previews using Corona Frame Buffer
• Minor interface changes
• The "Save Selected" now saves the nodes without materials in Slate Material Editor only if the option "Clear Unused Assets" is checked
• Hidden categories remain as hidden when merging models which categories are hidden
• Fixes a potential issue with interactive rendering preview for 3D files
• Fixes some minor issues with API
• Fixes an issue with merging models.

Changes for Project Manager v.2.95.32:

This version of Project Manager focuses on convenience and new features for export selected geometry.

• "Save/Export Selected" - the ability to save selected geometry to different files when selection contains multiple objects or groups.
• "Save/Export Selected" - new option to remove unused assets when save selected geometry to 3ds Max file.
• "Save/Export Selected" - the ability to save without materials in Slate Material Editor now works properly.
• Adds support to create Arnold Proxy in 3ds Max 2020.
• Fixes an issue with duplicate material dialog when merge models as xRef.

Changes for Project Manager v.2.95.20:

• Adds support to 3ds Max 2020.
• A smarter method for setting up the pivot for meshes when exporting to a proxy.
• Some changes for saving a Proxy with material.
• Adds a new API method - MakeProxyFromFile. See the example in the file "AddToForest.ms" in the "presets" directory.
• Fixes an issue with API method "ConvertToProxy".
• Fixes an issue with creating the Final Render Proxy.
• Fixes an issue with creating the RedShift Proxy.
• Fixes some minor issues with renaming items in the listview.
• Fixes some issues with optimization when generating PDF.
• Fixes some minor issues with comparing external files with the same name but different content.
• Fixes some other minor issues.

Update History for all versions.

Models	Materials	Textures
HDRI	IES	Asset Files

Quick Start Frequently Asked Questions

Main Features

• Easy to organize and use 3ds Max models, materials, textures and lights.
• Merging models, materials, bitmaps and IES using drag&drop.
• Store 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, GrowFX, BIP motion, DWG, SketchUp, Revit, 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.

Project Manager’s Features in Infographic