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Project Manager

Submitted by Kstudio on Tue, 2010-09-14 09:37

3rd version of Project Manager gains a lot of new features to manage 3D Assets.

What is most unique to the new features – is the ability to assign custom previews to materials, associate files with materials, and create a gallery of files associated with any type of assets including materials.

You can also write a description for materials and, of course, assign categories to materials.

Project Manager version 3.35.26

CORE UPDATES AND SUPPORT ENHANCEMENTS:

Adds support to 3Ds Max 2025
Adds support to search/relink/collect/archive the content of IFL files
Adds support to search/relink/collect/archive the content of Vrmat files
Adds support to archives larger than 4GB [Archive Asset Files]
Speed improvements for navigation

ASSET AND FILE MANAGEMENT:

Enhanced File ReLocate Capability
Adds Ability to Sort Assets by Asset Type/Extension
Adds Ability to Include/Exclude Files from Collecting by Extension
Adds Ability to Include/Exclude Files from Renaming by Extension
Adds Ability to Include/Exclude Directories from Searching by mask
"Duplicate Asset Replacement" Dialog UI Improvements
Stores the sorting order for assets on the Explorer tab
Adds an ability to disable auto-relink missing assets on merging models and materials (by default auto-relink is disabled)
Fixes some bugs with renaming assets/directories on using in the TEAM-MODE
Fixes a bug when collecting maps for several materials libraries [Batch Render&Relink]

RENDERING AND THUMBNAILS:

Adds an ability to set different width/height for rendering preview thumbnails for models and materials
Adds an ability to turn off/on lights from model scenes on rendering preview thumbnails
Drops support to rendering preview for IES files (interactive rendering already supports IES)
New option to render preview settings - Ignore Fit To Dummy: prioritize the pivot point of the model over its alignment within the Dummy boundary

MATERIAL AND MODEL HANDLING:

"Duplicate Asset Replacement" Dialog for duplicated assets on storing models/materials to the library
Copy content of IFL files on storing models/materials to the library with assets
Adds an ability to use the Mass-Rename tool from the Manage Assets dialog for individual 3ds Max files and material libraries

INTERFACE AND USABILITY IMPROVEMENTS:

Some Interface Improvements and Changes
Changes the behavior of Categories list on the status bar
Fixes an issue with sorting items by Size and Date in the Categories and Search results
Show more accurate information about missing files in the status bar
Introduces importing capability from the DesignConnected database [Preferences/Database/Import Database]

BUG FIXES AND MINOR ADJUSTMENTS:

Fixes some minor issues with merging models
Fixes some issues with reusing merged proxy and models
Fixes an issue with creating PBR materials with Arnold renderer
Fixes an issue pausing Corona interactive render on merging models or materials
Fixes a bug with deleting assets
Fixes a bug with converting a scene to VRSCENE
Fixes an issue with converting 16-bit TIF to JPG
Fixes some minor issues with searching assets
Fixes a bug with deleting files
Fixes an issue with preview RPC, BVH, and BIP files
Fixes an issue with assigning a preview for materials using the Auto-Assign preview tool
Fixes some issues with the item's Gallery - add/remove/update preview
Fixes an issue with assigning preview for materials with some options using the Auto-Assign preview tool
Fixes some issues with working with the docked Slate Material Editor in 3ds Max 2024/2025
Fixes some minor issues with interactive rendering of some static and animated FBX files
Fixes a bug with copying databases from MySQL to SQLite and back
Fixes the issues with the tool "Convert Comments&Tags from 2nd version"

Update History for all versions.

Models	Materials
Textures	IES	Asset Files

Relink Bitmaps

Submitted by colinsenner on Fri, 2007-07-13 15:34

Relink Bitmaps is a script to easily relink all missing files (Bitmaps, VRayMeshes, Mental Ray Proxies, VRayHDRI, IES, etc) when they change directories or when you move computers, check out the short video tutorial below for more detailed information.

Unlike some other scripts of its kind, this is free! There is a small donation link within the script if you choose to donate, I will remove the nag. It is a simple licensing system, that does not force you to transfer network cards or be connected to the internet and will work with all versions of Max that are supported by the script. If you choose to donate I'll be more than happy to license multiple computers as well.

Features:

[*] All 3dsmax supported Bitmap Texture types
[*] (new) Relinks Mental Ray Proxy files
[*] (new) Relinks VRay Proxies (.vrmesh)
[*] (new) Relinks VRayHDRI files
[*] (new) Relinks IES files (including VRayIES files)
[*] (new) Automatically checks for script updates and new versions
[*] 250% speed increase from previous versions
[*] Command-line mode available for automating repetative tasks (see documentation on the website)
[*] Configurable default user options saving button clicks and wasted time

Relink Bitmaps webpage:

https://colinsenner.com/relink-bitmaps/

Supported Max versions: Max 2018+
(Older versions should work, but are not supported moving forward)

Backup Max INI File

Submitted by Anubis on Sun, 2010-09-26 12:50

Made a copy of Max INI file and save it with the same name (3dsmax.ini) into Archives folder in Max 9 and higher, or into Autoback in previous.

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incrementalSave

Submitted by Martin Breidt on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45

This macroscript is a replacement for the save function. It saves incremental file versions while keeping the name of the latest - most-up-to-date version always the same as the original file. This is good for XRef'ing because the filename does not change. Just add it to your File menu and/or define Ctrl+S as shortcut.
New: Old file versions will now be saved to a subdirectory
v0.61 update: Bug fix to handle non-standard number prefixes; small improvements to the UI and error messages

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AutoBack File Loader Zorb

Submitted by Jordan Walsh on Wed, 2009-05-13 22:58

*v1.31 - Bug fixes, removed error on opening on some max versions
*v1.30 - Now supports displaying 133 different date formats!! (Use the "Change Date Format" option in the right click menu)
*v1.21 - Updated for 2010 and added thumbnail support!

Tired of navigating to the autoback dir, selecting view as detail then sorting by date to find your latest autobak file. then comparing it to your last good saved file? This script will make it easy for you. Brings up a list of max files in your autobak dir, max hold files and your last opened file, sortable by date, size and name. Double clicking will load the file, right clicking will give you a delete option.Sort settings and files displayed are saved between sessions

Unzip to your Max root dir, will be available in macroscripts under "Zorb Tools", or run it as a script from the scrips directory

Incremental Save

Submitted by Anubis on Thu, 2010-06-24 15:52

It's a my super slim version with similar functionality to the Martin Breidt script, that saves incremental file versions while keeping the name of the latest - most-up-to-date version always the same as the original file. This is good for XRef'ing because the filename does not change.

mental ray .Map Converter v1.1

Submitted by maxplugins on Mon, 2007-05-07 07:06

This MAXScript collects all of the bitmaps in your scene, converts them to mental ray .map files, places them into
a directory of your choice, and replaces all bitmap textures with a 'mib_texture_lookup2' shader containing the new
.map files.