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Project Manager

Submitted by Kstudio on Tue, 2010-09-14 09:37

3rd version of Project Manager gains a lot of new features to manage 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, assign categories to materials.

Project Manager version 3.23.05

New Features:

Introduces a new caching system for preview images, allowing more assets to be displayed in Listview
Optimizes the display of a large number of assets in Listview
Adds the ability to specify custom directories for preview search using the "Auto-Assign Preview" tool
Adds buttons to the panel on the Asset Tracking tab: "Show/Hide Map in Viewport," "Mass Rename Items," and "Mass Convert Images."
Adds the ability to cache assets to the database
Introduces a caching system to accelerate asset search
Some improvements to filtering textures by directory
Rewrites the caching system for use with SQLite database to improve speed and stability
Adds options to pause interactive rendering when merging models or assigning material/texture/ies (VRay/Corona/Arnold) [look in the Preferences dialog]
Adds support for MariaDB version 10.8
Provides the ability to show a map in the viewport for scene-materials
Speeds up mass-rename/move operations for assets

Optimizations and Resolutions:

Decreases memory usage
Provides additional options to optimize the database, including "Optimize," "Remove Missing Directories," and "Remove Missing Directories & Files."
Resolves a bug related to drag and drop of textures and materials with Corona 10
Addresses issues with database optimization
Fixes an issue with colorizing subdirectories
Fixes a bug that occurred on some computers during asset relinking
Resolves a bug in version 3.21.02 on some computers when the database cache was enabled in SQLite mode
Extremely speeds up the conversion of paths to local/network in the database using the tool "Convert Paths in the Database."
Fixes an issue with optimizing the database with the option to remove missing files and directories

Fixes:

Fixes an issue with exporting models from a scene that occurred on some computers
Fixes an issue with exporting models from a scene with Vrscan files
Fixes a bug with crashing during interactive rendering of materials
Fixes an issue with artifacts during the interactive rendering of materials
Fixes a bug with crashing during interactive rendering of Substance Shaders
Fixes an issue with creating PBR Material when files have similar names
Fixes an issue with storing settings for hidden directories
Fixes a memory leak when trying to render unsupported or corrupted FBX files interactively
Fixes some issues with interactive rendering of some 3D file formats
Fixes an issue with converting some images to greyscale [Convert Images tool]
Fixes an issue with converting some images to other formats [Convert Images tool]
Fixes minor issues with relinking material libraries
Fixes an issue with destroying a layer hierarchy when merging models
Fixes an issue with the dialog "Object Place&Paint" in versions 3.19.08-3.20.08
Fixes a minor issue with relinking relative paths when merging models and materials
Fixes an issue with network relative paths on the Asset Tracking tab
Fixes an issue with installation on some systems
Fixes a minor issue with the option "Open with associated application."

Update History for all versions.

Models	Materials
Textures	IES	Asset Files

FilePathFinder Pro & Light versions

Submitted by Kstudio on Mon, 2009-06-15 08:19

Using the FilePathFinder you can be sure that you have complete control over external links into your scenes.

Asset tracking features include support for XREF files and easy linking with external files.

Using the FilePathFinder (and Batch Render&Relink), you can search for missing assets and relink external files.

In addition, files that are linked to selected objects are displayed in Interactive Mode, and bitmap textures can be toggled and placed within the Material Editor.

Also with this tool, you can easily make an archive a 3ds Max scene.

Note that FilePathFinder supports the highest number of asset types of any plug-in.

The Batch Render&Relink tool helps manage your asset files into the 3D model and material libraries in Batch Mode.

BR&R is capable of rendering thumbnails for 3D models, materials, and IES photometric files.

Batch Mode makes for an easy way to gather and compile many assets at once.

The new version of FilePathFinder is released with support to 3ds Max 2022

and many new features that simplify managing scene assets

FilePathFinder Pro version 4.00.83

Extremely speeds-up collection files on batch relink [Batch Render&Relink]
Fixes some minor issues with the Converting Images tool
Fixes a bug with opening the plugin on scenes that contained Anima objects
Fixes an issue with applying an activation key

FilePathFinder Pro version 4.00.76

Adds support to batch archive 3ds MAX files and Material libraries with assets [Batch Render&Relink]
Adds support to paths longer than 256 characters
Adds an ability to convert images to TX format [Convert Images tool]
Some optimizations and speed improvements
Fixes an issue with renaming links on xRef scenes using Advanced Asset Renamer
Fixes a bug on relinking and collecting assets
Fixes an issue with relinking paths longer than 256 characters
Fixes an issue with refreshing assets after relinking in version 4.00.26
Allows to setup desired view for studios without a camera [Batch Render&Relink]
Fixes an issue with relinking OSLMap
Fixes an issue with slow opening right-menu in some scenes
Fixes a bug setting path for links contained illegal characters

FilePathFinder Pro version 4.00.00

Adds support to 3ds Max 2022
Adds an ability to convert and resize images [PRO version]
Ability to mass-rename links ( menu Tools => Mass Rename Tool )

Batch Render&Relink [PRO version]

Adds the "Fast mode" for relinking 3ds Max files and material libraries in the batch mode
Adds an ability to Find & Replace part of paths in batch mode
Adds an ability to specify output filename on rendering previews for models
Setup multiple custom studios for rendering 3d models and material libraries
Adds an ability to specify pivot point on rendering preview for models
Adds a new BatchModes to 'Batch Render&Relink' API - #RelinkPreSave, #RelinkPostSave

EffectsChannelSet

Submitted by Kstudio on Sun, 2009-05-10 16:30

Object ID and Material ID

Management the Material ID and Objects ID.
Assigning a wirecolor for objects.
Automated creation MultiMatteElement for V-Ray renderer.
Automated creation MatteRenderElement for Mental Ray renderer.
Automate the creation of CMasking_Mask for Corona Renderer.

EffectsChannel v1.64

Fixes an issue with assigning ID to sub-materials in the version 1.62

EffectsChannel v1.62

This version speed-up opening on complex scenes.
The time of opening on a very big scene decreased from 16 sec to 0.094sec.

EffectsChannel v1.60

Adds support to Corona Renderer: Automate creation of CMasking_Mask.

Show DotNet Properties

Submitted by Kstudio on Sat, 2009-12-19 14:28

Vray Quick-Render

Submitted by Kstudio on Sat, 2011-09-10 06:18

"Vray Quick-Render" the utility for creating fast preview test-renderings.
It help you make fast test-renderings for setup lights and tuning materials.
All changes for Vray will be applied only on render-time.
Your settings for Vray not will be change.

Set Selection filter

Submitted by Kstudio on Sun, 2009-11-01 19:08

Script for quick set the Selection Filter.
Allows you to create custom filters
for Classes (for example-Box),
for Superclasses (for example-Geometry),
by objects Layers,
Modifiers, Materials, Vertex count or Instanced objects.

v. 0.22
Adds ability to set filter by layers of selected objects.

v. 0.23
Adds ability to set filter by classes of selected objects.

VrayMultiStageRender ( VrayMultiCamRender )

Submitted by Kstudio on Fri, 2009-10-16 06:07

Utility for rendering animation and static scenes in 2 Stages from the animated camera.

At 1st Stage is calculated LightCache in Fly-through mode and

Irradiance Map in incremental add to current map mode for the entire scene,

while 2nd Stage is the final rendering.

This approach allows for all frames receive the same high-quality Irradiance map in less time.
For more information see topic Rendering a walk-through animation from Vray tutorial.

Main Features:

Rendering in two stages for to obtain better results in less time.
Support for network rendering (BackBurner, Vray Distribute Render, Duma)
Ability to exclude from the Global Illumination rendering VrayFur, RPC, some lights and Displace.
Automatic creation of animated camera VrayCam.
Create subfolders for RenderOutput, RenderElements and irradiance map.
Automatized naming LightCache, Irradiance map, RenderOutput and RenderElements.

VrayMultiStageRender v2.0.75

Adds ability to auto-convert on the fly Vrimg files to EXR after each frame rendering (supported with network and local rendering)
It is possible to convert the files into one EXR file with all channels or Render Elements into the separate EXR files.

VrayMultiStageRender v2.0.70

Adds ability to exclude objects from rendering per Stage
(Useful for Exclude from rendering Global Illumination VrayFur,Hair&Fur, Proxy and other Objects)