Thanks. That does it!

Just thinking out loud here krystman but you might want to check the aspect ratio of all the jpegs you’re importing and respect that in the plane size…

While you’re learning maxscript here’s an idea for something else to learn… Now make it a function where you define an output file of your choice in…

I’ve also been toying with this. My most promising solution so far has been to create a “open XRef” mode which really just means merge it in but store…

The downside being that the .NET translation is about 10 times slower than the ODBC connection. The ODBC connection can get 2,000 records in a fracti…

That’s correct. It requires dotNet. However… the old method usually works on Max 8 so I’m assuming you’ve upgraded. btw. A really great home SQL e…

When I edit posts is breaks them… I had a small error in my example code. The query needs to first specify a DBConnection object and then the query …

I recommend not using the ODBC connection. It sucks monkey balls and I can’t connect to any of my databases through it any more. First you’ll want t…

davestewart: […] Doesn’t qSort pass a function as one of it’s arguments as well? Yes. [longer message to meet CGTalk posting requirements]

Eureka! Well… not really. But I found a hack. Apply a “Turn to Mesh” modifier above the EditMesh and then do all your operations. Then collapse the…

Kramsurfer: For a simple, single group closed and selected, just get the first item in the returned array. Just a side comment: whatever you do: …

Yeah I hate the way max handles groups all around. The isgroupmember + parenting is a nightmare when you want a group parented to an object. So say y…

Also if you just want to search the current selection: fn FindGroupHeadinSelection objs = ( for o in objs do ( if (isgrouphead o) do return o …