Max Hotbox
This script is in open beta phase, available for public.
Who creates the best interface for the users? The users theirselves! This tool is inspired by the Maya Hotbox. It is not ment to be a tool collection on its own, its idea is to provide ways to you for accessing and organizing functionality. Build your own interface, customize your workflow to your needs.
- show/hide hotbox-layer, run macros, execute scripts, open files or just re-execute your last hotbox action
- trigger actions by using buttons, hotkeys, mousegestures, ...
- build your own interface and organize your scripts as you want with hotbox profiles and nested layers
- independent, Max Hotbox hotkeys override/suppress 3ds Max hotkeys
- portable, no installation
- all macros of 3ds max can be assigned to hotbox-buttons
- style your hotbox with transparent and multicolor buttons, dock and group them with each other
- provides as much functionality as possible for custom userscripts
Requirements:
- should work for 3ds Max 9 SP2 - 3ds Max 2011
- works for 32bit and 64bit systems
How to start Max Hotbox:
- download and unpack
- drag and drop the "MaxHotbox.mse" file into your viewport
- hold down Spacebar on 3ds Max mainwindow
Max Hotbox is already configured for some simple tasks like Extrude a Face or so, but it is ment to be configured by yourself. It would be nice if you could share your configuration of Max Hotbox with other users. Please also watch the tutorial videos about Max Hotbox on YouTube to become familiar with the tool. I hope you will get along.
How to autostart Max Hotbox on next 3ds Max startup:
- drag and drop the "MaxHotboxAutostart.ms" file into your viewport
How to upgrade from a previous version:
- download and unpack the new version
- replace the "Profiles" folder of the new version with the folder from the old version
(the "Profiles" folder contains your configuration of Max Hotbox)
Tutorialvideos:
Watch Videos about Max Hotbox on YouTube
Your feedback is very welcome.
Comments
I will try to work out
I will try to work out gestures. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I'm using max 2012 64bit (with services packs and hotfixes) and it works for me. I hope you will be able to solve this issue. Good hot box is something for what max users would kill.
Is there a possibility to remove this "Hot Box has expired" issue ? I have to change the date back to 2011 to make it work.
I really wish you could make it work. Potential is enormous.
"Mousegesture doesn't work
"Mousegesture doesn't work for me. I set up a script to apply front view with numpad1 + U mousegesture but it doesn't work."
Do the mousegestures dont work at all? Maybe try to setup a mousegesture by using the exlanation in the tutorial videos, that should work. Just to check if those would work.
"There is a a problem with default turbo smooth modifier. In the script of this node you should delete one "modPanel.addModToSelection". You typed it twice."
Ah okay, thank you. I did that script real quik to set up a first basic configuration for the hotbox. Improvements are always welcome!
"I hope you are still working on this awesome script."
Not right now sadly. The problems with Max2012 took away the motivation since it is a real deep problem, not a quick fix. For some people it works on 2012, for some not. It is confusing, for myself it did not worked.
Feedback
Hi, I hope you are still working on this awesome script. Some feedback:
Why isn't there mouse position trigger like in movies on youtube ? This feature looks awesome.
Mousegesture doesn't work for me. I set up a script to apply front view with numpad1 + U mousegesture but it doesn't work.
There is a a problem with default turbo smooth modifier. In the script of this node you should delete one "modPanel.addModToSelection". You typed it twice.
For now thats all. I will try to give some feeback If you are still working on it and I hope you do! ;]
Happy new year!
EDIT:
ok I traced comments back and know why there is no mouseposition option. Couldn't make mousegesture to work though. Today it said that HotBox expired. I changed the date on my computer and it works fine. It would be cool to make it usable this year ;]
re >>Need help with one feature
It's very sad because some any scripts also working incorrect. I trying place "Power Switcher" scripts (http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/powerswitcher-enanced-viewport...) to Hot_Box buttons. When I start Power Switcher I can swith active viewport to Top View, Front View and so on. But when I place that code to to Hot_Box buttons that works, but inside active view, it is not switch active view, and Maximize option is not working anywhere.
Hot_box is a great idea, wich able to create your own portable(!!!) UI, but it needed to fix some features. It will be great...
Actually that was a great Idea to place viewport options to Hot_Box buttons. Hope U can try to solve that ;)
I was able to reproduce the
I was able to reproduce the error, but could not find a solution. It's weird, other "max tool ..." commands work.
re >>Need help with one feature
From listner and maxscript editor it works, but when I put this code to hotbox button it's not working.
"max tool maximize" works in
"max tool maximize" works in 2009 so far. Maybe first try to execute it from the maxscript listener or in a new independent script.
re >>Need help with one feature
I used that command "max tool maximize", but it dosen't work. I has create button with "run script" option. In script body I was place "max tool maximize" code but button does not react. (Max 2012)
max tool maximize
Need help with one feature
Hi! I trying to put some script to the button, but have a difficults here. I want to make a button with "maximize viewport" function, but it is not working. Can you test that? Thank you!