Tagged 'Tutorials'

Maxscript tutorial: Read external text file

Submitted by Alaa alnahlawi on Tue, 2016-04-26 17:55
1 vote

As the titles says this tutorial is about reading an external txt file. My friend asked me how to read and external text file using maxscript. He wanted to create a tool that grab system directory paths from an external predefined text file. Check the full tutorial here....

Kindest Regards

Alaa Alnahlawi

3DS Max - Unsupported Bitmap File Image - Error message - Fixed

Submitted by miledrizk on Sun, 2021-01-31 11:55
1 vote

In this video, we will deal with the error message "Unsupported Bitmap Image File" when trying to use a .bmp file format inside 3DS Max.

Python in 3D Studio Max, Maya and Blender - examples

Submitted by p4vv37 on Sun, 2016-08-14 06:31
1 vote

Hi

I've recently created 3 scripts that create (almost) the same scene in 3 different applications (Maya, Max and Blender). They are intended to serve as a source of code snippets for future projects and examples of how to do stuff in those applications - something like Blender's cookbook.

3DS Max - Hidden features - 2D drawing aid - Polar / ortho Snapping

Submitted by miledrizk on Wed, 2018-01-03 10:30
1 vote

Get list of all subfolders

Submitted by Nevil on Sun, 2013-03-10 09:06
1 vote

-- How to get list of all sub folders in special path --

function GetAllSubDirs_fn MyDirectory =
(
temp = #();
s = 1;
folders = getDirectories (MyDirectory + "/*");
t = folders.count;
while s < t do
(
for i = s to t do (temp = getDirectories (folders[i]+"*");
for j = 1 to temp.count do folders[folders.count+1] = temp[j] );
s = t;
t = folders.count;
)
sort folders
return folders;
)
-- call the function whit a folder path --

GetAllSubDirs_fn("D:")

3DS Max - Uninstall A MacroScript

Submitted by miledrizk on Fri, 2019-02-22 09:00
1 vote

In this video, we will learn how to uninstall a MacroScript from 3DS Max. Also, we will learn how to delete the toolbar or the quad menu from the user interface. In addition, we will deal with the issue of the deleted UI element that, after deleting it, appears again after restarting 3DS Max.

3DS Max - Black faces when importing

Submitted by miledrizk on Wed, 2021-09-29 10:39
1 vote

This video deals with the problem of black faces when importing from Sketchup, or from other formats.

Dynamics Setup

Submitted by daawaa on Tue, 2013-05-28 08:25
1 vote

This is a technical demonstration of the dynamic system used in our 3D Max based shows.

3DS Max - V Ray - Change The V-Ray Frame Buffer Default Position

Submitted by miledrizk on Fri, 2019-05-10 11:53
1 vote

If you don't like the default position of the V-Ray frame buffer, or, if for some reason you lost the VFB and it's not appearing on your screen, this video will show you how to control the X and Y coordinates of the VFB on the screen.

Kinetic Wave Sculpture | 3dsMax Tutorial

Submitted by Leandro Salerno on Thu, 2022-01-20 15:18
1 vote

In this tutorial I explain how to do in 3ds Max, the animation system or RIG of the "Kinetic Wave Toy" → https://youtu.be/F6MTOZWviAU

A step-by-step tour of all the techniques and tricks, where we also see many important concepts that every 3D animator or generalist should know.

From the basic 3D modeling of the RIG to the animation and programming of a User Interface (UI) with MAXScript, which will allow us to easily access all the parameters we need to explore the full power of a small parametric mechanical animation system.

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