And is there any way around? Not really need the complete tripod, but at least 1 axis to show the normal of a 2D mesh and an other axis for direction.

OK, your code worcks fine and I think to know why my haven´t worck. Seems like having axistripod and a mesh at the same time is not posible. Here is m…

OK thanks, will try it with: delegate.cross = true;

Strange, I used true instead of on, but is that really the reason it didn´t worck for me? OK I haven´t set: delegate.cross = off Is this posibly the…

Looks like C++ for me, but defenetlly not maxscript. My fault, forgot to mention that I need to do it in maxscript. I tried to create a helper that ex…

I could live with a wire mesh helper, but unfortunately it´s imposible then for 2D mesh to see where its front and back side is.

denisT: I already anticipate your possible question: – But how to render mesh solid? look at simpleManipulator and its addGizmoMesh method You m…

Sorry my error again, was tallking about a solid red arrow, not a wire one. But thanks for the code, it looks interesting.

So a red_arrow_helper, which should display a red arrow, is not posible? Also tried that HelperTest_DisplayMesh example from max help, but when triing…

@denisT Sory what I meand is just something like this: plugin Helper arrow_helper name:”arrow_helper” classID:#(0x45c33d08, 0x16e70cb1) category:”Sta…

Would like to try it, but still not completly understanding it. found an other similar example here, but why that local variables used?

But the mesh is still displaied and a material can be set for it, right?

By ‘not convertable’ you mean it can´t be coverted to mesh or poly? If yes, this the advantage I was looking for. Could you please also explained what…

So this is the only reason? No other advantages?