Dimension

i agree with others who commented, as a dimension plugin it should be primarly showing absolute dimensions, and rather than changing the dimension to a fixed number, it should show the current dimensions and let the user change them as needed.
otherwise great job! thanks!

I made one that takes it that way https://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/mcg/edim

Would it be possible to implement a function to scale each Element around its Pivot? So no global scale, but subobject-based scaling...

Excellent script, works very fine.

Hope you have some time to develop it more ..

Dom,

apologies, I totally forgot about this post!
Maybe there's an email notification system here on script spot, if so I've to turn it on somehow.

Anyway, don't drop the script in the viewport, copy it in the scripts/Startup folder in your 3ds Max program folder.

Very usefull script, but not working in Max 2014, can you have a look ?

It works just fine here. What's the issue?

Nothing happens when I select the modifier, it's not in the stack.
Maybe I have made a wrong install, I have dropped the script in the Max viewport, I see the dimension modifier in the list,
but when I select it, nothing happens and the modifier do not appear in the stack-list.

Hey...

Could you add the possibility to scale to system units. I mean that the modifier read the actual object bounding box size, and then you can modify further.

Thanks

As for the system units just find this 3 strings

#float

and replace them with

#worldUnits

Great script!
It should built-in.
Agree with rs3d, rotation and transform would be cool.

It's a cool idea Anubis, great approach.
I believe that making the dimensions dynamic would be a very big plus, so none scripters could use it in wiring or reaction manager.

Would be great to have Rotation and Transform as additional
functions in the Dimension Modifier. So switching off
transformations would be really easy...

i think this was only 2012x64 issue

Its hard to help then. You can change the default type to Absolute (to see if that help somehow) by editing this line (17):

-- original code:
type type:#integer ui:rtype default:1
-- edited code:
type type:#integer ui:rtype default:2

when switch to Absolute all rollouts sets to 0.01 and object became huge!
maybe - since modifier is called Dimensions - make Absolute mode default one? so as soon this modifier is applied we see exact object dimensions and if any corrections needed - switch to Relative to transform object

Its works fine here.
Keep in mind i tested it in Max 2009.
Now have no idea how to helps more :/

Same error here.. Max 2012x64.

bad news then... can't help for Max 2012

Yeah, but is a good script, and with a little tricks we can use it ... :) Tks
Ps.: Max2012 sucks!

very quickly tested though ;)

checkbox woks fine! thank you!

yeah! thank you very much and happy new year!

I update a bit the script, adding checkbox.
Drop a line on how it works when you test it.
Happy new year!

You're right about switching btw Relative/Asbolute, I s'd handle this.

As for the single checkbox, that w'd limit the usage, I think, as will constrain proportion always to X.

Ok, I'll play with this staffs after the holidays.

i see it very simple. only one checkbox because object has only one proportion.
so if we have source sphere with dimensions by X,Y,Z=10cm and X changed to 15cm with "constrain proportion" enabled - Y and Z also be 15cm.

one more issue - default dimensions is Relative and it is ok, but when switch to Asbolute - object gain incorrect dimensions of 1,1,1cm

@maicogir - I'm too thought once about this but seems impossible mission. This modifier can be applied to one or multiple objects, but also can be applied to sub-object selection, for instance, you can add Mesh Select and made sub-selection, and then applying Dimension on top of the stack. And the problem is... well, lets quote the help file:

You should not try to access the object being modified from within the

map

handler as this will attempt to evaluate the scripted modifier again. This will result in an infinite loop and hang 3ds Max.

@harumscarum - Hmm, at first look this sounds as minor improvement that can be done but how you imagine the work of such checkbox? There are 3 dimesions (XYZ), maybe needs 3 checkboxes? Sounds a bit messy.

thank you
could you add "keep proportions" checkbox?

Realy nice script!
I have one tip... would be wonderful if the function "relative" reads the actual size (x,y,z)of the object, and you could change this numbers accordly.

useful script