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Project Manager

Kstudio — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:37:17 +0000

After a long stretch of development, Project Manager 4 is officially out — the biggest release in the product's history, and now with full 3ds Max 2027 support.
The headline is AI Asset Classification.
Your library gets sorted automatically — by object type, material, and style — no manual tagging.

Project Manager 4 — What's New Since v3

Changelog · 3ds Max 2016–2027

AI-Powered Asset Classification

Automatic categorisation of 3D models and textures by object type, material, form, and style — no manual tagging required
Runs entirely on your machine — no cloud, no subscription, your assets never leave your computer
GPU-accelerated background processing at low priority — won't interfere with rendering or active work
Reclassify specific folders or categories on demand — no need to reprocess the entire library
Scale across a team: multiple workstations share the same database and classify in parallel

Colour Tools

Find assets by colour — pick from a palette and instantly see matching models or textures
Perceptual colour similarity search — finds visually related assets, not just exact hex matches
Find Similar by Colour in the right-click menu for models and textures

Find Similar

Find similar by content — AI matches 3D models by style, shape, and visual look
Find similar by colour palette — matches assets to a reference image or mood board by dominant colour proportions

Smarter Search & Filtering

Multi-keyword search: "Chair, Glass" finds a file named Chair.max described as "glass"
Category filter correctly includes all subcategories — filtering Furniture also returns Furniture → Chairs → Dining
Combine category and material filters: find glass-and-metal tables, or wooden ones, in one click
Categorised / Uncategorised quick filters — see which assets still need attention

Gallery & 3D File Browsing

Three gallery tabs for .max files: Models, Materials, and External Links
Drag materials directly from the gallery into your open 3ds Max scene
3D viewport preview for FBX, 3DS, OBJ, and other formats — inspect geometry before importing
Edit external links inline — fix or replace missing textures without opening the .max file
Zoom & Pan for images — inspect textures at full resolution inside Project Manager

Migration & Compatibility

v3 and v4 share the same database format — point v4 at your existing library and go; no rebuild required
Run v3 and v4 side by side on the same team; supported from 3ds Max 2016 through 2027

Performance & Other Fixes

Significantly improved overall performance — faster navigation, filtering, search, and file/folder operations
Live sync in shared database mode — changes by colleagues appear automatically without reloading

More about new features ⇒ Project Manager version 4

EffectsChannelSet

Kstudio — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:30:06 +0000

Management the Material ID and Objects ID.
Assigning a wirecolor for objects.
Automated creation MultiMatteElement for V-Ray renderer.
Automated creation MatteRenderElement for Mental Ray renderer.
Automate the creation of CMasking_Mask for Corona Renderer.

EffectsChannel 1.67.4

Some fixes and speed improvements

EffectsChannel v1.64

Fixes an issue with assigning ID to sub-materials in the version 1.62

EffectsChannel v1.62

This version speed-up opening on complex scenes. The time of opening on a very big scene decreased from 16 sec to 0.094sec.

EffectsChannel v1.60

Adds support to Corona Renderer: Automate creation of CMasking_Mask.

FilePathFinder Pro & Light versions

Kstudio — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:19:51 +0000

Using the FilePathFinder you can be sure that you have complete control over external links into your scenes.

Asset tracking features include support for XREF files and easy linking with external files.

Using the FilePathFinder (and Batch Render&Relink), you can search for missing assets and relink external files.

In addition, files that are linked to selected objects are displayed in Interactive Mode, and bitmap textures can be toggled and placed within the Material Editor.

Also with this tool, you can easily make an archive a 3ds Max scene.

Note that FilePathFinder supports the highest number of asset types of any plug-in.

The Batch Render&Relink tool helps manage your asset files into the 3D model and material libraries in Batch Mode.

BR&R is capable of rendering thumbnails for 3D models, materials, and IES photometric files.

Batch Mode makes for an easy way to gather and compile many assets at once.

The new version of FilePathFinder is released with support to 3ds Max 2026

and many new features that improve managing scene assets

FilePathFinder Pro version 4.17.01

Adds support to 3Ds Max 2026
Play IFL, and animated GIFs directly in the list view
Play IFL and animated GIFs in the external Asset Viewer
Ability to change selected assets directly from the Asset Viewer using keyboard shortcuts
Adds an ability to include/exclude search directories by filename
More accurate material/texture placement in SME
Drops support to light theme
Fixes an issue with including/excluding search directories by filename
Fixes an issue with searching, relinking, collecting, and archiving the content of IFL files
Fixes an issue with relink assets in batch mode for Demo version [Batch Render&Relink]
Fixes an issue with renaming external scene links with status #Found
Fixes some issues with relink assets using exclude directories
Fixes a bug with relinking assets in huge scenes
Fixes a bug when using the tool together with Materials Manager and Models Manager
Some other optimizations, fixes and speed improvements

Isolate Track

MrPingouin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 06:12:31 +0000

When an object has several “object keyframes” of different parameters at the same frame time (e.g. a morpher with multiple targets, or baseObject’s radius and segments animated), all of these keyframes are displayed as one “grey object key” in the timeline.

Isolate Track popups (under mouse cursor) a rollout that displays all the animatable tracks of the current modifier stack selection, and quickly isolates the selected track keyframes in the timeline.

Pulley Belt

Swordslayer — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 09:42:26 +0000

Technically you can probably call it a rounded isosceles trapezoid but it will be more useful as a base for path of bicycle chains or pulley belts. When both radii are the same and spline set to renderable, it could also be used as a simple chain link.

Vray Quick-Render

Kstudio — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:18:14 +0000

"Vray Quick-Render" the utility for creating fast preview test-renderings.
It help you make fast test-renderings for setup lights and tuning materials.
All changes for Vray will be applied only on render-time.
Your settings for Vray not will be change.

Dashed lines generator - traffic dashed lines

Raffaele Schiavullo — Sun, 24 May 2015 23:20:34 +0000

Clean Retimers

mad — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:10:52 +0000

A little scipt for removing retimers from scene, because they cause huuuuuuuuuge performance slowdown.

Set Selection filter

Kstudio — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:08:05 +0000

Script for quick set the Selection Filter.
Allows you to create custom filters
for Classes (for example-Box),
for Superclasses (for example-Geometry),
by objects Layers,
Modifiers, Materials, Vertex count or Instanced objects.

v. 0.22
Adds ability to set filter by layers of selected objects.

v. 0.23
Adds ability to set filter by classes of selected objects.

Convert Vrimg to Exr

Kstudio — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:05:48 +0000