miauu's Scalpel
miauu's Scalpel allows you to interactively subdivide (cut up) geometry by drawing lines.
When you make a cut, it has to originate from a vertex or an edge. You can't create vertices inside faces.
With miauu's Scalpel you can:
- Snap the cut point to the nearest(to the mouse cursor) vertex (Auto and Manual mode provided).
- Snap the cut point to the center(midpoint) of the nearest edge(Auto and Manual mode provided).
- Snap the cut point along edge's length to set a precise cut location(in percentages of edge's length). The smallest percentage that can be set is 0.5%.
- Snap the cut point along edge's length to set a precise cut location(using the system units). The smallest value that can be set is 0.01 units.
- Make perpendicular cut from vertex to edge or from one edge to another using two different options:
- the cut line is perpendicular to the snapped edge
- the cut line is perpendicular to the edges from which the cut starts
- Use the default QuickSlice with snapping to predefined angles.
- Use a small heads up display of data related to the current cut point as a position along the edge as a percentage, the two distance values indicating the distance to either point in the cut edge, and the total length of the edge.
- See the options for the tool in the Prompt line.
- Change the values of the Snap Step and the Snap Angle while you cut.
Known Issues:
- The mouse cursor must be over the object you cut when you click with the mouse buttons. Otherwise the clicks will not be detected.
- While you are performing a cut the Snap Step can be changed only using the spinner's arrows.
Works with Editable Poly objects and Edit Poly modifier.
This is a commersial script. You can find more information here.
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miauu's Scalpel 1.5.04
Changelog:
New: Added support to 3ds max 2023.
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miauu's Scalpel 1.5.03
miauu's Scalpel 1.5.03 is available
New: Added support to 3ds max 2022.
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miauu’s Scalpel version 1.5.01 is available.
miauu’s Scalpel version 1.5.01 is available.
Changelog:
+ Added support for 3ds Max 2021.
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miauu’s Scalpel version 1.5 is available.
miauu’s Scalpel version 1.5 is available.
Changelog:
Video demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5sgEn5OHAk
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Thank you. :)
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Reminds me...
of how sketchup and how easy it looks to cut polys up...
love the new measure feature. Very similar and better to how SU does it too.
I will purchase soon!
miauu's Scalpel 1.4 is available
miauu's Scalpel version 1.4 is available.
Changelog:
+ added Snap Step in Scene Units
+ added viewport marker that shows the starting point from which the script measures the percentage/Distance1 along the snapped edge
+ added "D" key to change the starting point
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAVEf57DliI
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Thank you.
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Perfect for precise
Perfect for precise cutting
Perpendicular cut is my favorite feature
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Thank you. :)
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