Copy and Paste Objects
It's always annoyed me that I couldn't copy objects from one instance of max and paste them into another - as I work with 2 or 3 instances of max up at a time. It's tedious to do a save selected / merge objects so this script does it for you. It's not a TRUE copy/paste via the windows clipboard - but it will let you very quickly copy objects from one file to another.
09-02-03 Update: just updated contact info in script header and changed version requirement to reflect current versions of 3ds max...
Usage:
Select the objects you want to copy. Run 'copy script' (I assign mine to Ctrl+Shift+C). Now run the 'paste script' (I assign mine to Ctrl+Shift+V) into either the same file or you can load another instance of max and 'paste' the objects into it.
Installation:
1. Click Maxscript / Run Script and choose wherever you downloaded this file to
1a. It will seem like nothing happened but that's exactly what it should do - you now need to assign a shortcut to it
2. Click Customize / Customize User Interface / Keyboard (tab)
3. Change the Category to 'CG_Tools'
4. Click 'Copy Objects to File' and change its Hotkey to something - maybe Ctrl+Shift+C .Click Assign
5. Click 'Paste Objects from File' and change its Hotkey to something - maybe Ctrl+Shift+V. Click Assign
6. Click Save and save your custom UI settings to a file - do yourself a favor and don't use the default.
7. That's it.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| CopyPasteObjects.mcr | 2.63 KB |
Comments
hi nice script do you know
hi
nice script
do you know a way to create the same script that can copy an obj from a 2010 file and paste it in one in 2009 version?
Great, thanks.
Great,
thanks.
summer
For the time being just
For the time being just right click on the file attachment and click "Save link as" or "Save target as" and follow instructions above... I'll make a change on the server so this isn't a problem in the future.
Christopher Grant
ScriptSpot.com
Christopher Grant
Admin, ScriptSpot.com
Need Help! For some reason
Need Help!
For some reason i am not able to download the script. every time i click on the link it shows a text file type with the description. Can someone please guide me how to get this work. Max Version 2010 Design.
How to make it work in
How to make it work in network? since it's copy the source in local computer (ex: C:\Windows\Temp) only, how if it work on network, are we must meke a new path....?
thanx very much. getting
thanx very much. getting into max i was surprized this function didnt exist... now it does, well done :)
Great script! Thx!
Great script!
Thx!
Good Day! I'm new here..im
Good Day!
I'm new here..im wondering if how does works the copy and paste command..i tried your instruction but it does not work..if you dont mind can you show me how will i do that, im using 3d max 2009.
thank you and more power!!!
Hi, Tried the script in
Hi, Tried the script in max2010 and it failed.
Apparently max2010 insists on linking ctrl alt c to Particle Flow: Repair PFlow Cache System
so disable that key link and it will work.
Also i made it smaller since i didnt find my DIR:
macroScript Copy_Objects_To_File Category:"CG_Tools" toolTip:"Copy Objects to File"
(
if $ != undefined do
saveNodes $ "C:\Temp\pastefile2010.max"
)
macroScript Paste_Objects_From_File Category:"CG_Tools" toolTip:"Paste Objects from File"
(
mergemaxfile "C:\Temp\pastefile2010.max" #select --this merges ("pastes") and selects objects from file
)
Of course you need the c:\temp dir
Thx for your great script.
Thank you very much :-)) It
Thank you very much :-))
It was a stupid question : all explanations are in your script !!! very handy script !