Tagged 'utility'

DeformByProjecting is a scripted utility for 3dsmax that allows deform one or more objects by projecting mesh verticies on the surface of another object (preform). The basic idea is similar to Conform (Compound Object), but functionality DeformByProjecting utility has differences and features:

Smart utility menu for your scripts.
Easy customizable (noted inside the code).

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 new version of FilePathFinder is released with support to 3ds Max 2025

and many new features that improve managing scene assets

FilePathFinder Pro version 4.15.06

• Adds support to 3Ds Max 2025

ASSET MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS

• Adds support to search/relink/collect/archive the content of IFL files.
• Adds support to search/relink/collect/archive the content of Vrmat files
• Adds support to archives larger than 4GB [Archive Asset Files]
• Enhanced File Relocate Capability
• Adds Ability to Sort Assets by Asset Type/Extension
• Adds Ability to Include/Exclude Files from Renaming by Extension
• Adds Ability to Include/Exclude Files from Collecting by Extension
• "Duplicate Asset Replacement" Dialog UI Improvements
• Adds Ability to Include/Exclude Directories from Searching by mask

CONVERT IMAGES

• Fixes an issue with converting some images to greyscale
• Fixes an issue with converting some images to other formats
• Fixes an issue with converting some images to greyscale
• Fixes an issue with converting some images to other formats

BATCH RENDER&RELINK  [PRO version]

• Adds an ability to set different width/height for rendering preview thumbnails for models and materials
• Adds an ability to turn off/on lights from model scenes on rendering preview thumbnails
• Fixes some minor issues with relink material libraries
• Fixes a bug when collecting maps for several materials libraries
• Fixes an issue with rendering preview for scenes, that contain hidden layers
• Fixes an issue with rendering preview for some models without studio scene

OTHER FIXES

• Fixes some minor issues with renaming multiple and single assets
• Fixes an issue with storing some settings on relinking
• Fixes an issue with rendering preview for files with missing assets using VRay with some specific settings
• Fixes some issues with HiDPI screens
• Fixes an issue with resizing images using a percentage value

This macroscript (to be found in the "MB Tools" category after executing the .mcr) will allow you to link the transformation of a modifier gizmo to some other scene object. Afterwards, the gizmo will always be fully aligned to that other scene object, which can be freely animated by any kind of controller and linked to any other scene node. In some way this is very similar to World Space Modifiers but it works for any kind of modifier gizmo.

This tool can be very useful for creating complex modifier animations, for example animating a Slice modifier's plane along a path, attaching a UVW Map modfier to some animated helper object, transforming a Displace modifier with some other object, or having an extra node control the- symmety plane of a Symmetry modifier.