BOA Asset Browser

Submitted by Francisco Hermida on Mon, 2009-06-29 14:02
146 votes
Version: 
0.1.0
Date Updated: 
06/08/2026
Author Name: 
Francisco Hermida

HCG Asset Browser is now BOA Asset Browser

Rewritten in Qt to work with current versions of 3ds Max -> Still free.

Additional Info: 

This page is kept for history. HCG Asset Browser has been rebuilt and renamed BOA Asset Browser — the current download, install steps, and full feature list live here:

assets.boxofapps.com/tools/boa-asset-browser →

What it does:

  • Browse and generate thumbnails for your models, materials and textures.
  • Add assets to the scene in a few clicks.
  • Paint geometry with a model from your library.
  • Apply materials with automatic UVW mapping.
  • Replace scene models with another of your choice.
Version Requirement: 
3ds Max 2025
Video URL: 
Links
Homepage URL: 
https://assets.boxofapps.com/tools/boa-asset-browser
Download URL: 
https://assets.boxofapps.com/tools/boa-asset-browser

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Submitted by sels on Wed, 2014-10-15 02:55.

Backwards compatibility / Source Code

Hi Francisco,

would it be possible to maybe share the source code for your asset browser script?
I would like to be able to change the max file it saves so it is backwards compatible and maybe an option to save it as obj. It would be very kind of you if you could share it so we could try to modify it to our needs a bit.
Thanks in advance.

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Submitted by othoap on Mon, 2014-09-29 19:21.

Yes I have

when I tried to get 1.3.2 to work with 2013

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Submitted by othoap on Mon, 2014-09-29 19:15.

Yes I have

when I tried to get 1.3.2 to work with 2013

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Submitted by othoap on Mon, 2014-09-29 19:12.

2013 version?

is there a 2013 version available?

thanks for all your hard work!

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Submitted by gelker.ribeiro on Tue, 2014-08-12 19:40.

HELP error: doNet

HCG installed on my machine that was formatted installing windows from scratch and this message appears, I've put the max with administrator privilege ... Has anyone experienced this? And I also already installed NetFramework.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=155569

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Submitted by KiboOst on Mon, 2014-07-21 08:00.

Remove delete files

Hi,

Could you add an option (cuztomize/prefs ?) to disable the possibility to delete files just hitting "del" button on browser ? Turning all file deletion off ? Would rocks

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Submitted by Francisco Hermida on Mon, 2014-07-07 01:52.

@4strings4ever press shift

@4strings4ever press shift and shift+ctrl when you click to create a new instance of the model

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Submitted by Francisco Hermida on Mon, 2014-07-07 01:47.

I'm planning to do that at

@JimHoux I'm planning to do that at some point.

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Submitted by Francisco Hermida on Mon, 2014-07-07 01:48.

The script removes the lights

@eyepiz The script removes the lights intentionally, the purpose was to keep the previews consistent across messy library, but now I guess it would make sense to make it optional

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Submitted by OccultArt on Thu, 2014-07-03 02:43.

3dsmax 2015 support

I just found this script, and it works really good in 3DSMax 2014. Could you please make it work in 3DSMax 2015?

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