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RE: Custom editable_mesh plugin

renderDistance type:#float ui:spn_renderDist default:100.0

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RE: Custom editable_mesh plugin

Using “User Properties” is one way of doing it. The other way (most commonly used) is by adding Custom Attributes to your object. For example, the fo…

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RE: Custom editable_mesh plugin

A parametric object with all the options of an Editable Mesh doesn’t sound right. Instead, if you would like to create a “fixed” static object with a…

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RE: intersectRay speed – 10x times slower in new Max?

Tamyl: I’ve also noticed that when I change the ray position, but the direction remains the same (so basically delete the (random -0.05 0.05) and re…

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RE: intersectRay speed – 10x times slower in new Max?

martinB: I briefly discussed this with Larry Minton and he points out that with 2017, a kD tree like acceleration structure was introduced And in…

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RE: intersectRay speed – 10x times slower in new Max?

Confirmed. Might be part of the MXS improvements that started with Max 2017. 3ds Max 2014, averageTime = 5.9 ms 3ds Max 2015, averageTime = 5.2 ms 3…

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RE: [SDK] Is there any way to extract mesh drawn by RedrawViewsCallback?

Couldn’t you even hook the 3d surface and retrieve the mesh from there? Also, if you make the mesh unavailable for rendering, modifiers, etc. what wo…

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RE: [SDK] Is there any way to extract mesh drawn by RedrawViewsCallback?

Couldn’t you just create a very basic plugin for testing and open a Challenge thread for those who may want to extract the mesh in question?

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RE: Problem with trimesh

gtafan: I mean when this code is executed many times it´s a performance isue and since I am using old PC with an old max version, performance play a…

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RE: Undocumented trimesh properties

Whenever you hear such statements it is a good practice to try it by yourself. Sometimes, performance varies depending on the situation, including OS…

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RE: Centerpivot or $.pos doesn’t work when running from batch

You may want to bear in mind that this is not an official Autodesk forum, so those of us who decide to contribute do expend the time we could use for …

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RE: Scripted plugin extending Editable_Mesh

Achieve the desired aim or result (Google)

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RE: Scripted plugin extending Editable_Mesh

If you succeed extending the Editable_Mesh modifier please post the solution here.

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RE: Setface for mesh with modifier?

Try: setFace m.baseobject.mesh 1 [1, 2, 3] update m

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RE: Run an MCR file but ignore its macroscrip header?

fusionyuan: But may i ask how to list all of the macros by category? I don’t know about the thread you mention as I was focused on this thread. B…

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