magicm
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RE: Aligning only the pivot of an object using MAXScript

This fails miserably for any objects having a negative or non-uniform scale, but it seems to work well in any other case I have tested: ( fn AlignPi…

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RE: Lost a UV function

You might have read something along these lines in the “How To … Develop a Bitmap Painting Tool” topic? Cheers, Martijn

18 years ago
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RE: execute and variable scope

I’m not sure if this is what you want, but since you’re assigning the same bitmap to all slots, you could create instances of the bitmapTexture instea…

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RE: execute and variable scope

3rd Dimentia: I now understand the fact that execute works in global scope Thanks. I guess that’s one of the reasons that people say that it’s not t…

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RE: Set controller on creation of plugin helper

Hi Paul, I know it’s been more than a month since you posted this, but in case you still need it: on attachedToNode obj do obj.controller = transfor…

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RE: Detach splines from a multispline object

Cozmo, Below are two ways to do this. The first method creates new shapes by rebuilding each spline in the original shape. The other one copies the e…

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RE: mySQL datarow editing

Hi Klaas, I’ve also been looking for a way to do this some time ago, and eventually came up with this: ( local Table = dotNetObject “System.Data.Da…

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RE: InstanceMgr.MakeObjectsUnique doesn't quite work

$.baseObject = copy $.baseObject only creates a copy of the baseObject of the node, so this shouldn’t affect the node itself (nor any properties, hier…

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RE: InstanceMgr.MakeObjectsUnique doesn't quite work

I don’t think you’re doing anything weird. Maybe the method doesn’t work with referenced nodes? In the meantime you could try $.baseObject = copy $.ba…

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RE: Using DotNet.AddEventHandler(): Is it possible to add extra handler to a control?

DotNetControls are wrapped dotNet controls made to behave exactly like all default UI controls (button, spinner etc). So they also utilize the same ev…

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RE: destroydialog delay

Here’s another approach which does block max’s main thread. In the go button handler, the input dialog is moved off screen and a timer is activated. T…

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RE: SoulburnScripts Updated Feb 23rd 2008

Nice update Neil! Thanks for sharing

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RE: Negative scale does not work

Interesting. box isSelected:true $Box:Box01 @ [0.000000,0.000000,0.000000] scale $ [-.5, 1, 1] OK $.scale [-0.5,-1,-1] $.transform.scale [0.5,1,1] $….

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RE: Negative scale does not work

Multiplying just the x ($.scale.x *= -.5) flips the other axes as well. scale $ [-0.5,0.5,0.25] does work as expected. I guess there’s a reason for t…

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