Hey, that’s pretty snazzy. I really like the realtime preview using the GW commands.
One thought being limited to editable meshes is that you might be able to use an object’s “mesh” parameter to make it work with editable polys. So instead of saying $Box01 (for example), you’d say $Box01.mesh.
You might also want to check out “RayMeshGridIntersect” in the maxScript reference, I believe it’s new in Max 7 and supposedly works better and faster for exactly this type of operation.
Hi James!
thanks! How was the preview for you? I had problems with the VP update (lines everywhere!), but that could be a graphics driver problem for me.
I tried something along these lines but something wasn’t quite working, so I ended up going back to Emesh (hey it’s just a quick ap!)
You might also want to check out “RayMeshGridIntersect” in the maxScript reference, I believe it’s new in Max 7 and supposedly works better and faster for exactly this type of operation.
true! and it’s something I need to get my head around also for future use.
I just did it to learn more about vectors, reflectance and raytracing.
Thanks again for looking.
J.
Very sweet j_man. I like the fact that you really delve into these!