thedour
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RE: pasteBitmap maskColor broken?

I’ve run into the problems also with pastebitmap (when trying to make a script more compatible with other versions of max.) The documentation does le…

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RE: Freeze transform

setTransformLockFlags $ #all This turns on all the locks under Link Info (found on the Hierarchy panel). Hopefully that is what you needed. You can…

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RE: Question optimizing 3 'for collect' loops

denisT: trim_objName is a variable’s name, the value of the trim_objName is a string to make your idea work: similarNodes = (execute (“$'” +…

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RE: Question optimizing 3 'for collect' loops

I’m not saying this is the absolute best it can be, but doesn’t loop as much (if anyone else has a suggestion) similarNodes = $trim_objName* as arra…

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RE: constrain multiple objects ontop of another

check out this thread and the script Bobo wrote: It is generating tea pots on the surface of this object, but you could modify it to constrain your …

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RE: Question about case expressions

EDIT: sorry was typing this while j-man posted. I don’t mean to be redundant. Second method is the proper format. If you want multiple conditions yo…

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RE: Changing specular and ambient color

Adding more comments for you to clarify: –COMMENT: This sets a variable “currMat” based on the current material editor slot. currMat = medit.g…

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RE: Changing specular and ambient color

The sample is using a multi-sub material, and works on the currently selected material slot. Here is something a bit more versatile: currMat = medit…

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RE: Changing specular and ambient color

We had this question over at I have a little script that I usually keep open for just such a thing, but this is for the current material editor se…

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RE: Loop through files in directory

dirName = @”C:\YOUR\PATH\HERE” dirFiles = getFiles (dirName+”\\*.max”) for f in dirFiles do ( loadMaxFile f fileIn @”C:\YOUR\MAXSCRIPT….

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RE: Matrix Offset/Difference between 2 Matrices

EDIT: The opposite was DOES work: “tm2*(inverse tm1)”, which seems backward from the explanation. Oh well, it works now thanks Denis. hmmm… this…

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RE: Matrix Offset/Difference between 2 Matrices

@stefan: this is a manipulator gizmo so I cannot directly set the transform (with = ). I only have a function mygizmo.transform (matrix3) which trans…

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RE: Svn?

I’ve used SVN (mainly Tortoise, but also SmartSVN). Tortoise has its problems but once you understand it you can get your way out of almost any weird…

15 years ago
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RE: Save bitmap before Effect

no problem. Best of luck on your script!

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