Tagged 'General Scripting'

How to connect two vertices of a poly ?

Submitted by titane357 on Thu, 2015-10-08 10:25

I Wonder how to connect two vertices of a poly with maxscript ?
can't find... :-(

rename files

Submitted by sdds on Fri, 2016-03-18 02:17

real simple one I cant get to work. renaming a file in external dir.

d = @"C:\Users\user\Documents\3dsMax\previews\"
NewDir = @"D:\test\Test\"
--copy file
for f in getFiles (d + "_scene.avi") do
copyFile f (NewDir + getFilenameFile f + getFilenameType f)
--rename file
Files = (NewDir + "_scene.avi")
renamefile ((getFilenameFile files) ("test.avi"))

basically I want to rename _scene.avi to test.avi.

thanks folks

Finding point

Submitted by JokerMartini on Wed, 2016-03-16 08:14

How can I find the two points marked in the image by the green dots?
I know all the other points marked by crosses in the image.

Here is the test code for the scene. I'm a bit stumped on how to go about solving for these position points.

Thanks

delete objects
startPoint = [3.0,5.196,0.0]
endPoint = [0.0,12.0,0.0]
orgPointA = [0,10.5,0]
orgPointB= [0,8,0]
 
point pos:startPoint size:.5 wirecolor:yellow
point pos:endPoint size:.5 wirecolor:yellow
Arc radius:orgPointA.y from:0 to:90 pie:off reverse:off pos:[0,0,0] wirecolor:red

Create line between objects with controller

Submitted by titane357 on Tue, 2014-04-29 02:31

Hello
I would like to simplify creation of a line between two picked object.
The created line is parented to the first picked object, add a look at targeted to the second picked object, and the line scale is linked to the distance between the two picked objects.
As usual I can do the beginning, but I can't do the end.... If anybody could help :-)

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obj1 = pickObject()
obj2 = pickObject rubberBand:obj1.pos

obj1n = obj1.name as string
obj2n = obj2.name as string

new_spline = splineShape ()
addNewSpline new_spline

First attempt to automate grab vieport - create still image with all the cameras in the scene

Submitted by cuatcside on Tue, 2011-10-11 06:58

This is my first attempt to write a script that goes through all the cameras in the scene (free and target) and do a grab viewport-create still image.But I am getting errors. I would appreciate any help on this why I am getting errors and what I am doing wrong.
Thanks.

function grabview01 label folder:"d:/" =
(
for c in cameras do
local fname=folder+label+c.name
viewport.setcamera c
img=gw.getViewportDib()
img.filename=fname+".jpg"
save img
)
grabview01 "cam-"

Bend SpaceWrap bug...

Submitted by 3dline on Fri, 2016-03-11 05:13

Hi there
I'm trying to make a rig FFD with Bend spaceWrap, but in bend spacewrap, angle parameter is not accessible throw maxscript.
With this code:
$bend001.angle.controller = bezier_float()

Must add new bezier float to bend angle controller, but it's not possible.
With macrorecorder it showed like this:
$.bendangle.controller = bezier_float()

Unfortunately this is not working too. It even could not be wire parameter too.

Need help

Submitted by guigoman on Mon, 2016-03-07 14:01

what I need help to do, because I´m starting to 3dsmax scripting right now.
Well, I need to select a number of objects that it has your own paint effects modifier.
I need to aply If I have for exemple 10 boxes, 2 keys for paint vertex opacity channel
one wiht value 100 and the second with the value 0. And each box must to have as the following the Box1 frames 1 and 5, box2 frames 5 and 10 and ...
Could some one help me with That.
Thanks

iCount = 0
for o in $ do
(
iCount += 5
o.modifiers[#VertexPaint].layerOpacity = 100

real time uv scaler

Submitted by legendofpersia on Sat, 2016-03-05 08:36

hello scriptspotters!

im learning scripting by bringing down my own needs as archviz artist into scripting language. so I'm creating tools to ease up everything bla bla bla

I have come to a scenario which outruns my very limited skills in scripting languages:

I want to create a tool which scales uvs through a slider in realtime without going through uv ediot in unwrap uv modifier.

here is my tryout to get it done but clearly im missing something huge

$.modifiers[#unwrap_uvw].unwrap2.ScaleSelectedCenter uvsize.value 0 --uvsize being name of my slider

LOOP SEQUENCE NUMBERS IN MAXSCRIPT

Submitted by alexnguyen on Thu, 2016-03-03 01:23

I have an array x = #(1,2,3...,n) . How can i create an array y :

y[1] = x[1]
y[2] = x[1] + x[2]
y[3] = x[1] + x[2] + x[3]
.................
y[n] = x[1] + x[2] + x[3] + .... +x[n]

Can you give me the funtion ? Thank you for your help

chamfer modifier

Submitted by themaxxer on Sun, 2016-02-28 07:00

hello there

is it possible to make a script that enables or disable all chamfer modifiers at once in a scene? this would be very handy, because snapping with it enabled is hard and then you forget to enable it again before rendering...

thanks in advance and best regards
themaxxer

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