It’s no HTML code, it’s the vB code this forum uses. Check out . You can get the quote like window by wrapping the code in [CO-DE] and [/CO-DE] tags (…

Well, if you want to place a modifier after a certain one and you can only place it behind another then the solution is simple… Place the modifi…

Ah, I missed the first apostrophe. You’re right, box_01 is the same as ‘box 01’. That’s also a very good solution. Good luck. R

Whoops. if hold != undefined then should be if hold[1] != undefined then [color=White][font=Verdana]Well. That should finally do it. [/…

Argh, late again. An apostrophe eh? Hmm, how does that fix the problem? Will it also work with multiple spaces?

OK. Here is the solution to that space problem. Replace execute (“foo = $” + obj_txt + “*”) with: try ( execute (“foo = $” + obj_txt + “*”) ) cat…

Three things: [ul] [li] edittext bname “Base Name” fieldWidth:80 bold:on across:3 height:18[/li][/ul]Try height:17 instead. When the height goes ab…

You should post the code. Also, max will jump to the line after which the error occured, so you can more easily find the problem. R

I don’t think you can get around the execute, but this works: etext = “box” obj_array = execute (“for obj in $” + etext + “* collect obj”) Just ma…

Hurrah! Thanks, it works very nice. I only have one small bug to fix and then I’ll be ready to post my new script… behold… R

You’re welcome, So I will just use “xyz – (xyz + xyz)”, to get the opposite direction! Or, like Rivendale said, just use “-xyz” instead of “xyz – (x…

It’s been awhile, but if your vector is, say, [1,1,1] (XYZ) the opposite vector would be [-1,-1,-1]. See this vector as a line pointing from [0,0,0] …

Oh, yea, I think the topic “How do I change the text in a Text Shape dynamically?” in the ref should help you with that. Otherwise look up “at time” …

Your units are in inches instead of centimeters. Best way is to change the units in max itself (Customize -> Units Setup, maybe check out System Un…