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for other things for which there are no explicit callbacks, but you -can- access the information in an easy and fast manner, you could use a timer. I…

look into the “Change Handlers and When Constructs” topic i.e. “when transform $object changes id:#test do ( )”

you would have to create a dynamic UI… you can either… A. Use maxscript UI elements in which case you’ll have to either… A.a Build the rollout, as a …

well, as per the previous thread – – you can’t prevent a modifier from being added. The only thing you can do is delete it after it has been added. …

they have an inverse square decay set up by default, yes – nothing you can’t do with regular ol’ lights as for the lat/long bit – that was just me mu…

had to try photometric lights are just glorified regular ol’ lights anyway. the temperature control is just a filter on top of a regular color, the…

oie… too early for UIaccessor stuff… completely non-cleaned-up (mm, globals) and non-commented, but should do as the function name advertises… gl…

uiaccessor? runs

nope – didn’t miss anything obvious. The only thing you need to know is that when you -set- .includeList = #(<nodes>), the mode switches to inc…

do you want the proper length/width/height, or just the bounding box ($.max – $.min)?

nope – no can do. Closest thing to an alternative is to construct a semi-transparent plane that is aligned to view.

you do need the SDK for the latter bit; “Your best bet is still going to be […] writing a full texture plugin.”

the bitmap thing – check the help file for getPixels and setPixels The other bit – yep, would require the max SDK. This forum section covers the 3ds…

You could write a render effect that writes colored pixels to the rendered image based on the object, its UV coordinates, etc. That’s gonna be slow, …