PowerCoreTools V1.2 released ( Update : obsolete Link fixed ) Just released version 1.2 of my PowerCoreTools CPU managment script for 3ds Max A tool to control CPU usage while 3ds Max is rendering. Automatically sets process priority and affinity…
Outliner 2.1.6 SF: Compatibility release for Max 2017+
Here’s a 3ds Max 2017 compatible version of the great and famous Outliner scene management script by Pier Janssen. This version (2.1.6) now works with the latest 3ds Max release ( currently 3ds Max 2017 ) without crash on open.…
MAXToA – Arnold for Max render plugin announced
Autodesk finally announced the MaxToA rendering plugin at Siggraph 2016. I had much fun testing this really capable renderer. Read more about it and the great achievement the 3ds Max devs were able to pull off in a relative short…
MXSEditor V1.0 Final released…
I just released the first stable version of the Maxscript Editor control plugin MXSEditor. In short, it allows the Maxscript Editor to be controlled using maxscript and exposes the Editor’s internal SciTE API to maxscript. Addionally it lets you use…
MXSEditor: The Maxscript Editor Control Plugin
One of the first, larger C++ plugin projects for 3ds Max i started from the ground up was MXSEditor in 2011. This plugin exposes the complete maxscript editor and it’s internal Scintilla/SciTe text editor components to maxscript. Features include operating…
MaxSceneInfo: Speed Demo
Some time ago i recorded a speed demo of my MaxSceneInfo dotNet library in action ( Sorry – still in development 🙂 ). The cool thing i demonstrate here is using Powershell to search the filesystem for 3ds Max files…
Experiment: Using Lucid Beta to shrink-wrap Geometry
3ds Max fans may know this already: Well known 3ds Max tools developer Ephere is currently busy integrating Nvidia’s Flex particle simulation technology into 3ds Max. They pump out beta versions at a quite fast pace. Since i applied to…
MaxSceneInfo: Explorer Integration for 3ds Max Files (WIP)
Every 3ds Max User suffers from the following: While working with 3ds Max scenefiles ( *.max ) in windows explorer, information about the file’s content without launching 3ds Max is not accessable. 3ds Max files are blackboxed binary files, using…
3ds Max plugin recompiles…
Here’s a quick post to list some recompiles i did for plugins shipping with 3ds Max using the 3ds Max SDK. I did them in the past few month’s or so. Each of them fixes specific bugs or introduce a…
MassFX – 3ds Max Betatesting and Unity PhysX test
As i’m betatesting upcoming 3ds Max versions for Autodesk, i assembled a demo/testscene for the new physics tools inside of 3ds Max 2012. Unity uses the PhysX engine too (like MassFX), so i setup a realtime scene in unity to…