Asset Mass Analyzer

20 votes
Version: 
1
Date Updated: 
05/26/2009

Many 3d offices and individuals have folders filled with 3d objects ready to be put to action. Custom asset browsers, databases, tools and plugins are available for accessing these objects. But what happens when the quality of the objects isn’t that good (anymore)? It is a lot of work to check every file by hand. I call this: asset-rot. No sweat! I present the Asset Mass Analyzer!

This script can analyze entire folders of max-objects in one go. It will give you a list of materialnames and classes, objectnames, pivotpoint positions. Extra analyses can of course be added. Besides this structural analysis, the objects can be rendered automatically as well. A camera is centered around the object and zoomed in. The objects een can be rendered within your favourite “studio”. That’s a set of rendering settings with a custom environment.

The output of this is a textfile with thumbnails. Use this to plan maintenance and delegate the tasks. Run the tool again to check if the work has been done correctly: save time!


This is the main interface of the script.

Additional Info: 

This script has been developed and tested on max 2008
The script also adjusts gamma-settings. this is done to render the thumbnails correctly. It's not ideal and I'm working on it. Any suggestions to fix this are welcome.

Version Requirement: 
max 2008
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crystal3d's picture

klaas tools , ok , the text

klaas tools , ok , the text is not displayed untill i press the "browse" button on top left.

there s no cancel button.

i tired converting the scanline scene with a vray scene but camera kept looking from a distance , it ignored the scene camera.
this script can be usefull in the future , looking forward to it

crystal3d's picture

how do i use it? installed

how do i use it? installed fine...

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