Cleaner

88 votes
Date Updated: 
09/26/2017
Author Name: 
Andreas Meissner

This tool can help you to clean and speed up your scene. Hover with your cursor over the clean-buttons to see tooltips for further information.

 

Additional Info: 

Installation:

  • Drag and drop the file "install macro.ms" into your scene
  • You can create a toolbar button by using the macro under: Customize > Category: "# Scripts" > Cleaner

Tips:

  • If you look inside the folder .../Cleaner/clean/deactivated/... you can find further functions. To use them you need to move them into the folder  .../Cleaner/clean/...
  • Before cleaning dublicate objects, you should select and isolate these objects to check if they are really dublicates!
  • The "Texture Filtering" will speed up your rendering cause textures like leafes, flowers and ivys will be set to filtering:none, but this will change the look of your rendering, use with care!

 WARNING: I DONT GIVE ANY WARRANTY, USE AT OWN RISK, BETTER SAVE SCENE BEFORE USE

Version Requirement: 
tested in 2009, 2012 with Vray, 2015 with Vray
AttachmentSize
cleaner8.ms27.6 KB
cleaner_v25.zip25.13 KB

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real08121985's picture

Time for an update. I use

Time for an update. I use this script often during work and add new functions on the fly. You see there is a bunch of new problems we had to deal with at work like missing plugins in scenes, treeleafs with filtered textures and archmodels with too many subdivs for reflaction/refraction.

This is the version I use in daily work and its customized for our company's needs, so it might have too many options for your 3d pipeline. Anyway, hope it helps!

TexeL's picture

RETIMERS

here is an addition for script to get rid of Retimers

AttachmentSize
cleaner_retimers.ms 484 bytes
ltchest's picture

By the Gods - SUCCESS !

I just have to say, you are an angel, a genius, a frikkin godsend. Your script has saved my bacon. I was suffering migraines trying to figure out why my 10mb files were expanding to 1000Mb and causing my workflow to die, with a looming deadline. I dont know why the scene had 205 million notetracks, but it did. Your script fixed it. My only guess is that Multiscatter caused the problem. The only other slightly exotic thing i used was the ivy growing plugin. Anyhoo, im still working on cleaning up the files, hopefully i have not jinxed it now......

barigazy's picture

A suggestion for annoying objects tyes for AutoCAD Architecture

Somtimes when you import AutoCad models (with windows,doors blocks ...) in max scene you will find a lot invisible objects "LinkComosite" that are very annoying and difficult to find. I use this line of code for cleaning.

delete (for o in objects where classof i == LinkComosite collect o)

bga

real08121985's picture
pifitas's picture

Thanks, very usefull

Thanks, very usefull script

My suggestion:

A "REFRESH" or "UPDATE" button to check is there still objetcs left once cleaned, instead closing and opening the script.

see u

chawalit_b2's picture

Good

Good

real08121985's picture

its a macro. you find it in:

its a macro. you find it in: customize - customize user interface - toolbars - category: scripts

Voltrum's picture

Use with 3ds 2012

Hi! This script look great! But, I try to run him on 3dsmax 2012 64bit but he dont work. I open the "cleaner5.ms" with "Run script..." and nothing happen.
Can you help me? :'(

mr.aravind's picture

Cool Man :)

Great Post! Thanks a Lot :)

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