Tagged 'primitive'

Mesh Surface

Submitted by Swordslayer on Sun, 2016-06-26 12:09
21 votes

Creates surface defined by four splines. The order of picking the splines matters - they should form a closed loop. If you get a weird looking mesh, try once again starting with another of the four splines:

Note that if any of the splines are animated, the resulting mesh is animated, too.

SimpleWindow object

Submitted by kleontev on Mon, 2016-05-16 09:59
4 votes


Script makes fixed window with horiz-vert dividers grid, board and sill. Any part of window can switch on/off, so you can easily change it.

Quad Cylinder

Submitted by Swordslayer on Tue, 2016-04-26 09:24
17 votes

Since I've written a few functions to make my life easier while working on the Gear primitive (plus one that I later discarded, intended to fill holes), I figured I could just as well make a quad cylinder as a much simpler example how to tie these functions together. Enjoy and feel free to rip the code apart and reuse it.

Gear

Submitted by Swordslayer on Sun, 2016-04-24 00:38
19 votes

Involute spur gear primitive, complete with tooth undercut and all-quad topology. Unencrypted and fully open for further hacking.

Gear scripted primitive

RhombicPrism primitive

Submitted by kleontev on Mon, 2016-01-25 08:10
2 votes


Script make simple rhombic prism. There's ability to change width, length, height, taper scale, number of height segments. Also provided "Generate Mapping Coords" checkbox.

Star

Submitted by Swordslayer on Tue, 2015-12-15 12:49
7 votes

It's Christmas time! Well, almost. Anyway, this one is really simple and will be perfect as a starting point for anyone who wants to learn how to build a custom mesh primitive. Enjoy.

Arrow

Submitted by Swordslayer on Tue, 2015-12-15 00:57
18 votes

Arrow spline primitive, useful as a control object in rigging. Works only in 3ds max 2016 SP2 and higher.

Pulley Belt

Submitted by Swordslayer on Sun, 2015-12-13 02:42
10 votes

Technically you can probably call it a rounded isosceles trapezoid but it will be more useful as a base for path of bicycle chains or pulley belts. When both radii are the same and spline set to renderable, it could also be used as a simple chain link.

Helical Cylinder

Submitted by Swordslayer on Fri, 2015-12-11 07:03
34 votes

Example usage would be spiral ductwork, screw threads, flexible metal tubes, circular ramps etc. No smoothing groups are assigned, for smooth look either use Smooth modifier or add points to the spline profile.

Guilloche

Submitted by Swordslayer on Thu, 2015-12-10 09:49
11 votes

Procedural guilloché pattern.