3ds Max | Scripts

Cam Spline 1.0.0

Please note: This script was written and uploaded here before the release of 3dsMax 2013, which now includes an 'egg' spline shape.

What it does:
Cam Spline is an interactive, parametric spline tool which produces spline shapes based on two circles joined by two straight or curved lines, or a 'cam' shape. Cam Spline faithfully keeps the intersections at a true tangent, regardless of the diameter of the circles or the distance between them.

How to use:
The basics are really simple:

A very simple Camera Lister which allows to select and assign cameras by clicking it in the list.

Leftclick: Select the camera
Rightclick: Assign to current active Viewport

Very simple one but still my most used Script for daily work ;)

A script to animate bicycle chain links, tank treads, escalator steps, etc. along a spline path. It's not a great script, but does allow for complex animated motion on the path (start, stop, slow, reverse, speed up); all you need do is animate the dummy controller properly.

I wrote this script to make an old smoke chimney. I wanted to use it with the MassFX plugin in max so it had to be made of separate parts and not just a tube. anyway its got a bug ,sometimes the bricks dont line up but a small change on the controls seems to fix it most of the time.