[Closed] Macroscript PolySpline v2.1

you can download it and view an example from here: http://3dcenter.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=62261

Helps to draw a spline, like a AutoCAD Polyline tool by free or precisely coordinates, but works faster.
Syntax of the coordinate input is the same as AutoCAD Command Line.

The user type coords in the MAXScript Listener Window (press F11 to open it).

Installation:

1. Copy PolySpline_v2.1.mcr and PolySpline_v2.1.mse to max folder \UI\MacroScripts.
2. Copy files from folder “Icons” to max folder UI\Icons.
3. Run 3dsmax, go to Customize\Customize User Interface\Toolbars, and create new toolbar.
4. Select “PolySpline” from Category list and drag label “PolySpline v2.1” to your toolbar. The button will creates there.
   If you wish, you may drag the label to any standart toolbar without creating you own toolbar.

If the button appeared without image (PolySpline logo) do following:

1. Right click the button and select “Edit Button Appearance”.
2. Select “Image Button”.
3. In the Group list select “PolySpline”.
4. Logo will appear in the field.
5. Restart 3dsmax.

Thats all, PolySpline is ready to work.

PolySpline features:

1. To draw orthogonal line to precisely distance, leave mouse cursor in required direction, type distance value, press Enter (in Ortho-ON mode).

2. To start Arc press A

3. To point the Center of the Arc press C (Ortho-OFF mode automatically turnes on). Press P, if you don’t wish to point center.

4. Right click to remove previous vertex. If the previous segment is a curve then the clicking cancels tangent feature but don’t deletes the vertex. To delete vertex right click again.
   If PolySpline in Arc drawing mode then right click to cancel it.

5. Press [, ] and I buttons to zoom and pan.

6. O button turns Ortho mode to ON or OFF state.

7. ESC button finishes the drawing and asks is the spline must be closed or not.

Known bug:
If you draw a spline and don’t use right clicking then everything will be OK. If you remove some vertices and type the coord of the next vertex then everything will be OK. If you remove some vertices and click the point in viewport then the vertex usually creates in wrong place.

To solve this problem do following;
Turn off Snap, right click, left click in the viewport, right click, turn Snap on.

The user can enter coordinates in one of several forms (based on the command line input syntax for AutoCAD), as follows (from chapter “Picking Points in the Viewports” of the MAXScript Reference):

x, y, z or [x, y, z]

explicit point in current construction plane coordinates

x, y or [x, y]

point on the construction plane (cp)

d

point d units away in mouse direction from last point

@ x, y, z or @[x, y, z]

relative, offset to last input point

@ x, y or @[x, y]

on cp, relative to last point’s projection on cp

d < a

polar on cp, distance from cp origin at a angle from x-axis

@ d < a

relative polar on cp, centered on last point

d < a1 < a2

spherical on cp, d from cp origin at a1 from x and a2 angle from xy-plane

@ d < a1 < a2

relative spherical

There can be zero or more white space characters before and between numbers and metacharacters.

These typed-coordinates are interpreted as relative to the current active grid construction plane and the coordinates returned by pickPoint() are always in world-space.

If you find any errors in PolySpline, please mail to building-building@yandex.ru

Enjoy now, while PolySpline is freeware 1acc

P.S. 1acc equals OneAcc