There was a previous topic on this for the more generic “how do I find out what view is being rendered” a la the drop-down in the render scene dialog……
it’s a method of the .NET assembly loaded, so not native to MaxScript itself. When you load the assembly, assign it to a variable, then call the MaxS…
you can always check what an assembly exposes using the getExportedTypes() method. maxcc = dotNet.loadAssembly “MaxCustomControls.dll” print (maxcc….
Mathieson: How would I go about doing that? Haven’t really played around with DirectX much before, sorry. Unless they’ve moved it… Customize >…
one down side to the progress bar (the one in max’s status/etc. area) is that it also hides all other dialogs
ho-hum… what’s up with that… you’re right – can’t seem to get that to work here either now o_O I copy/pasted that from an ooooooooold script of mine… …
yep – sadly there’s no way to check if 3ds Max is the foreground window (maybe with .NET, but got stuck last time I tried) to prevent that. Again, th…
can’t say I’ve ever had to do that, but might be a good safety precaution
Not via a button, as 3ds Max is going to be far too busy to worry about users clicking buttons. Try this: <loop start> <code> if (ke…
I think he meant for you to select -all- the objects, and then apply the Vertex Weld modifier; it will then be applied to all the objects (instanced),…
d’oh! :banghead:
Not sure what happens to mapping when welding, but I suppose it should be fine. Try the following… note that it doesn’t bother with any of the thresh…
You would select them from the Named Selection Set drop-down, which is typically in the top toolbar in 3ds Max (no idea where it’s at in 2010) and als…
when you say ‘group’, do you mean the Elements? I.e. being able to select them separately by going into element sub-object mode? If so – ‘fraid not. …
you could probably mix/layer a few gradient/checker/tile maps together… but I don’t know of a plugin that would make such a pattern ‘as is’. what a d…