{"id":3935,"date":"2026-03-31T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frogsinspace.at\/?p=3935"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:02:57","slug":"footools-recompiles-for-3ds-max","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frogsinspace.at\/?p=3935","title":{"rendered":"FooTOOLS plugin recompiles for 3ds Max"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frogsinspace.at\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2025\/02\/footools.gif\" alt=\"fooTools 3ds Max Plugins\" class=\"wp-image-3930\" style=\"width:438px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br \/>UPDATE: added 3ds Max 2027 support! <br \/>I just released builds of the whole FooTools plugin suite by John Burnett for <strong data-dracula_secondary_bg_finder=\"rgba(85, 92, 96, 0.2)\" class=\"dracula-style-all dracula-processed\" data-dracula_alpha_bg=\"rgba(85, 92, 96, 0.2)\">3ds Max 2017 up to 3ds Max 202<\/strong><strong>7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John released the plugin sourecode a long time ago. See more details on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footools.com\/\">https:\/\/www.footools.com\/<\/a>. I created forks of the plugin-repos, modernized the visual studio project and fixed 3ds Max SDK incompatibilities. Updated project sources are available on my <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/FrogsInSpace?tab=repositories&amp;q=footools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">github<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\"><div class=\"sdm_download_item \"><div class=\"sdm_download_item_top\"><div class=\"sdm_download_thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdm_download_thumbnail_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frogsinspace.at\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2025\/02\/footools_square.gif\" alt = \"FooTOOLS | 3ds Max Plugins\" \/><\/div><div class=\"sdm_download_title\">FooTOOLS | 3ds Max Plugins<\/div><\/div><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div><div class=\"sdm_download_description\"><p><strong style=\"color: var(--dracula-text)\">FooTOOLS Plugin Suite<br \/>\n<\/strong>3ds Max 2017 &#8211; 3ds Max 2027<\/p>\n<p>The download includes the following plugins: <strong>BindPoints, ForceViewer, InfoTexture, NullHelper, UVWtoRGB, <\/strong><strong>WarpTexture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Big thanks go out to the original author John Burnett, who published the sourcecode on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/johnburnett\">github<\/a>. I modernized the visual studio project structure and fixed incompatibilities with current 3ds Max SDK versions. The updated project repositories are available on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/FrogsInSpace?tab=repositories&amp;q=footools\">my github<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For legal reasons, these builds are provided &#8220;as is,&#8221; without any warranty. Use them at your own risk.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, if you want to support my efforts and ensure future releases, please consider a donation!<\/p>\n<p>Donations: <a href=\"\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/frogsinspace&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\"><strong>buymeacoffee.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"sdm_download_version\"><span class=\"sdm_download_version_label\">Version: <\/span><span class=\"sdm_download_version_value\">DC20260331<\/span><\/div><div class=\"sdm_download_link\"><span class=\"sdm_download_button\"><form action=\"https:\/\/www.frogsinspace.at\/?sdm_process_download=1&#038;download_id=3940\" method=\"post\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-form sdm-download-form\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;><div class=\"sdm-recaptcha-button\"><input type=\"hidden\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-v3-response\" name=\"g-recaptcha-response\"\/><div class=\"sdm-termscond-checkbox\"><input type=\"checkbox\" class=\"agree_termscond\" value=\"1\"\/> I agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frogsinspace.at\/?page_id=3870\" target=\"_blank\">terms and conditions<\/a><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"sdm_download orange sdm_download_with_condition\">Download Now!<\/a><\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"download_id\" value=\"3940\" \/><\/form><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sdm_clear_float\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: added 3ds Max 2027 support! 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