Project Manager

Project Manager - Asset Browser for 3ds Max

• Easy to organize and use 3ds Max Models, Materials, Textures and IES Photometric Lights.
• Merge Models, Materials, Bitmaps and IES using Drag& Drop.
• Store/Create Proxy with materials.
• Interactive rendering previews for Materials, IES Photometric, BVH Motion capture, FBX, OBJ, 3DS and other such 3d files.
• Show native previews for 3ds Max files, GrowFx, Revit, Substance, BIP motion, SketchUp, Revit, HDRI & etc.
• Support to Substance textures
• Search files by tags and file-names.
• Power Asset Tracking Management.
• Support to most used renderers like V-Ray, Corona, Octane, Mental Ray, Maxwell & etc.

Changes for Project Manager v.2.95.20:

• Adds support to 3ds Max 2020.
• A smarter method for setting up the pivot for meshes when exporting to a proxy.
• Some changes for saving a Proxy with material.
• Adds a new API method - MakeProxyFromFile. See the example in the file "AddToForest.ms" in the "presets" directory.
• Fixes an issue with API method "ConvertToProxy".
• Fixes an issue with creating the Final Render Proxy.
• Fixes an issue with creating the RedShift Proxy.
• Fixes some minor issues with renaming items in the listview.
• Fixes some issues with optimization when generating PDF.
• Fixes some minor issues with comparing external files with the same name but different content.
• Fixes some other minor issues.

Changes for Project Manager v.2.94.12:

Project Manager version 2.94.12 receives a great capability to interactive rendering of FBX, OBJ, 3DS and other such 3d files.
Now there is no need to render previews for such files –
when opening a folder with this type of 3D content, previews will be automatically generated for them.
If you need to consider the model in more detail, you can open it in a separate 3D viewport of Project Manager.

Project Manager v.2.92.00

This version of Project Manager receives an ability to work with GrowFX - plant modelling system.
Now you can see native embedded thumbnail, create GrowFX objects by dragging the .GFX files into viewport and convert them to Proxy on the fly.

Update History for all versions.

Models	Materials	Textures
HDRI	IES	Asset Files

Quick Start Frequently Asked Questions

Main Features

• Simplifies the addition any types of assets, such as models, materials, textures and IES to the scene
• Cataloging libraries of models, materials, textures and IES
• Sync database on network.
• Full support to all types of Drag& Drop (Cataloging, merging, apply materials & etc.)
• Displays thumbnails for Bitmaps, 3d models, Proxy, IES, Material Libraries and other file-types (include formats HDR, EXR, PSD and other)
• Interactive rendering preview for materials, IES photometric, BVH Motion capture, FBX, OBJ, 3DS and other such 3d files. [* new]
• Ability to exclude unwanted objects from Merging.
• Automatically fixes paths to Textures for merged models.
• Replacement scene objects by other objects
• Automatic conversion merged models to Proxy (Vray, Corona and etc.)
• Ability to save and restore Proxy objects with materials
• Saving the models and materials with maps
• Save/Restore Materials with modifiers
• Support to Slate Material Editor
• Search files by name, description and tags.
• Ability to add a description and tags to max, ies and image files.
• Display of embedded thumbnails in 3Ds Max, GrowFX, BIP motion, SketchUp, Revit, HDRI & etc.

Asset Tracking

• Search for missing assets
• Relink external files
• Collect external files
• Archiving a 3ds Max scene
• Ability to exclude files from collecting by type of file
• Rename the links by mask
• Removing the links from scene
• Selecting the objects by their links to files
• Displays in interactive mode a list of files linked to selected objects
• Place Materials and BitmapTextures into the Material Editor
• Show/Hide bitmap in viewport
• Opening the files into the external application.
• Ability to collect the Asset files via clipboard and by using drag& drop
• Includes the “ Batch Render& Relink ” tool for organize the Asset files into the 3d Models and Materials Libraries in the batch mode
• Support to xRef files.

Misc Features

• Support to almost all known renderers and plug-ins.
• Unostentatious and “Transparent” the demo-version
• Ability to back-up settings before reinstalling 3ds Max or Windows
• Autocheck for updates
• User-Friendly interface
• Usability Default Setting