magicm
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RE: Scripted Modifier Events

Are you sure it didn’t work? Here’s some info about the event from the docs: on deleted do … Called whenever the scripted plug-in object is finally …

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RE: Scripted Modifier Events

These can be put anywhere inside the plugin’s scope (read: between the opening and closing brackets of the plugin) : plugin modifier theMod name:”th…

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RE: Scripted Modifier Events

Check out the Scripted Plug-in Clauses topic in the online reference. The events for scripted plugins are listed near the bottom of that document. Ma…

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RE: Undo

I’m afraid Johan is right… There’s a way around this limitation (read: hack) by copying the shape, performing the shape ops on the copy, and replacin…

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RE: getEdgeFace not working

This is actually how all max classes are documented. For example the Box : GeometryClass topic also shows (for example) <Box>.length indicating …

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RE: getEdgeFace not working

Ah, that might be the problem then… I’m indeed using max9.

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RE: getEdgeFace not working

It’s either missing in the docs or I’m looking in the wrong places. However, this works: $.modifiers[1].getFaceNormal 1 Here’s how to get a list of a…

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RE: getEdgeFace not working

Instead of Edit_Poly or EditPolyMod, try using the actual instance of the Edit Poly modifier directly like so: $.modifiers[1].getNumEdges() $.modifie…

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RE: Obtaining "world rotation" on reset Xform object

I never really use the Reset Transform/Scale buttons so I assumed you were talking about the Reset XForm utility. Reset XForm -> Collapse stack kil…

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RE: Obtaining "world rotation" on reset Xform object

3dsmax does not store the node’s transform matrix before resetting, so it’s indeed gone forever… Martijn

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RE: viewports

Afaik, there’s no way of setting the size of a viewport. Martijn

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RE: Changing toolmode.commandmode

Afaik, there’s no callback for toolmode changes. You could create a macroscript though which would set the toolmode, and change the parenting in one g…

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RE: Pixel help!

ypuech: Here is an example that let you choose the bitmap you want to open and print the red pixels position in the listener I took the liberty o…

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RE: blend material mix control

It’s just like how the old dir command in dos works. * stands for “any number of characters” and ? stands for “any single character”. So “neon” trans…

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RE: blend material mix control

for n in shapes do ( — use wildcards to match any object containing the word “neon” if matchPattern n.name pattern:”*neon*” then ( …

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