[Closed] Import FBX from Windows

Aug 17, 2019 10:40 am

Hi Folks,

I’ve been wracking my brain on how to get started on a simple, simple process. Ideally, I want to create a C# windows form in Visual Studio that when I select an FBX from my harddrive and hit a custom “import” button, it will send that fbx to the currently opened instance of 3DSMax and import the fbx without the prompt.

I know max can do maxscript commands at the command line (importfile(blahblah)), but that opens a new instance.

I know I can execute maxscript commands in dot net with ManagedServices.dll, but I’ve no idea how to hook this up properly.

This part of a larger workflow of mine where Max is part of the process, so all the parts are going to be within the same c# windows application. If I have to manually load some script in max, that will break my pipeline.

Is there a way of sending a maxscript import command from a C# windows application? Are there any examples? Documentation is really thin online.

Thanks!

3 Replies

munkybutt

Aug 17, 2019 10:40 am

I am not sure on the specifics of how you would do it in c#, but I have written code in python to communicate with an existing max instance, sending it commands. It is based off of the sublime text send to 3ds max plugin:

github.com

cb109/sublime3dsmax/blob/master/sublime3dsmax.py

"""Send maxscript/python files or codelines to 3ds Max.

This is the main sublime plugin file. It currently implements 4 commands
that you can bind to keys:

    - SendFileToMaxCommand aka send_file_to_max
    - SendSelectionToMaxCommand aka send_selection_to_max
    - SelectMaxInstanceCommand aka select_max_instance
    - OpenMaxHelpCommand aka open_max_help

See the README for details on how to use them.
"""
from __future__ import unicode_literals

import os
import re
import webbrowser
import zipfile

import sublime

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Effectively it uses winapi to find the listener and send text to it.
Not a direct answer, but hopefully it can help you figure it out?

Serejah

Aug 17, 2019 10:40 am

check out this one

RRMessiah

Aug 17, 2019 10:40 am

I’m pretty new to Python. I got the plugin working, but is there a function that sends a string to 3dsmax’s listener? This seems like an IDE plugin but I don’t know how I would be able to use it if I compile it to an executable.