#3dsmax scripts

You can download the plugin from the description section on YouTube.

*Description: This plugin allows the user to copy paste geometries from AutoCAD into 3DS Max. The plugin works with multiple opened AutoCAD files. It recognizes the last copied objects. The script offers many filtering options for the imported objects like: 1-Removing the prefix "Layer:" and this will make it easier to select objects by name. 2-Removing any material applied to the imported objects. 3-Removing the Block/Style Parent hierarchies. (You might encounter name LinkComposite, it's the same thing.) 4-Selecting the imported objects when importing is done. 5-Turning the imported objects into a group. 6-You have the option, when clicking import, to open the default AutoCAD DWG/DXF Import Options dialog, so that you can set additional options, and when you click Import, 3DS Max will import the objects using the selected options in this default dialog + the options set in the plugin. So you'd better set the plugin's options first.

*New in V1.5: -Now you can set a new path for the copied AutoCAD geometries. This is important if the user changes the AutoCAD's Temporary Drawing File Location.

This major update brings you new features and improvements to already existing ones. Now, in addition to the existing method using a picked point and XYZ orientations, where you can change the length after creation, you have a second method of creation using two picked points, where the line will start on the first point and points in the direction of the second one using the length value in the spinner. Also, in this version, you can load 2D shapes from the scene, that have 2 vertices only, and change their lengths, the script will always respect their current orientations. No worry now if you close the dialog, you can open it and load any line, even if it was created by the line tool inside Max. This version lets you have modifiers on top of the Line and continue to modify its length. In the video, I will show you some tricks on how you can use this tool as a helper to adjust the length and orientation of mesh edges. Plus other things, I encourage you to watch the whole video to have a complete understanding of the tool.

In this update, the script will work on sub-object selections. Also, a bug in the first version is fixed, when you switch to another mode other than the Modify Panel, the first version gives an error, this is fixed now in this 1.5 version. To recap on why this plugin: The default Zoom Extents Selected tool in Max has an issue when you're in a sub-object level but no sub-object element is selected, pressing Z(the default shortcut) causes Max to Zoom Extents on the whole scene instead of the selected object.

This plugin is intended to replace the built-in Zoom Extents Selected. The reason is that the built-in feature doesn't work the way it should in many cases as you'll see in the video and instead of zooming in on the selected object, it zooms out to show the whole scene.

This script I created allows the user to match a source's material, UVW Maps, and Unwrap UVW(you can choose what you like to apply from those 3), with the possibility of preserving the targets existent similar modifiers or replacing those with the source's ones. Please whatch the video to see all the features present in the dialog box that opens up, and how to use the script. Note: This script is a major upgrade for a script I've done before: https://youtu.be/_Cl0L-6iyIs?si=ZoMj4x-qSSykWDmI The old script didn't allow the users to pick what they wanted to match, also, the old script was adding the source's modifiers on top of the targets modifiers.