Tutorials

In case you run multiple backburner managers (e.g. on notebook at several places or using local manager and manager in office) it is good idea to have icons for automatic connecting monitor to the different manager hosts.

I've found two working command line parameters for monitor.exe:

monitor -a
monitor -mservername

First one turns "Auto connect" on. Second one sets manager hostname and connects to it. (Note: There is no space between -m and hostname or ip)

This is a fantastic 2 page reference (written by Markus Boos) for those starting out with MAXScript! 

From the site description:

Ever try exploring the power of MAXSCRIPT? If it seems too confusing to attempt, try this 2-page cheat sheet that covers most of the major concepts in one easy to read reference, courtesy of MAXSCRIPT guru Markus Boos (one of 20 authors of the 3DATS 3ds Max Advanced to Expert book)

James Haywood covers the basics of integrating WPF inside 3ds Max 2011 using dotNet 3.5

Quoted from article:
"Some time ago I wanted to start getting my head around WPF, and especially how I could integrate tools made with WPF into Max. So I decided to start with something simple, which was to take an existing script that displays a progress bar using standard Max controls and convert it to WPF.

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UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSIDAD LA SALLE NOROESTE

SUBJECT: ANIMACIÓN IV

INSTRUCTOR: ENRIQUE ROSALES

STUDENTS: OMAR R. HERNÁNDEZ

MARTÍN SOTO

JENNIFER RÍOS

MARLON RÁBAGO

EDILBERTO MÉNDEZ