[MaxScript] Rotate Viewport

miauu

I wrote this script for fun.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2aJqHeMpcc"]Watch the video to see what it does.[/ame]

Special thanks to Denis Trofimov, from CGTalk, for providing the list with "actionMan" commands.

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Funky Bunnies

whoa! haha I had no idea this was possible
really cool miauu!

and wow thanks for those action commands, those will come in super useful

haiddasalami

Quick question miauu, is it possible to modify this to make max's navigation more like Maya (alt left to orbit etc)?

miauu

Yep, funny.

With relation with this thread - the video was recorded in max2013, but the viewport performance in max2009 is much much better. Anyone can test.


haiddasalami - no, it is not possible. You have to use max2013, where you can set the navigation as it is in Maya.

LoTekK

Nice one, miauu. You can get much more control over the viewport, though, with the Viewport struct. The only caveat is that they're a bit trickier to set up properly. The more pertinent ones in this case would be:

viewport.pan x y
viewport.rotate quatRotation center: point3

haiddasalami:
I'd imagine it'd be academically possible with a C++ plugin, but I don't have much experience with that, so I could be mistaken.

haiddasalami

LoTekK wrote: »

haiddasalami:
I'd imagine it'd be academically possible with a C++ plugin, but I don't have much experience with that, so I could be mistaken.

ah thanks Lotekk! Don't have access to 2013 and my fingers hurt as hell from pressing the middle mouse button haha. Also nice stuff miauu!

coldside

haiddasalami wrote: »

ah thanks Lotekk! Don't have access to 2013 and my fingers hurt as hell from pressing the middle mouse button haha. Also nice stuff miauu!

dRaster Switcher works great. Been using it for the last 4-5 years and has never let me down. Actually, I'm hoping they update it to support 2013 because it works much better than 2013's Maya mode.

haiddasalami

coldside wrote: »

dRaster Switcher works great. Been using it for the last 4-5 years and has never let me down. Actually, I'm hoping they update it to support 2013 because it works much better than 2013's Maya mode.

Yeah I just didnt want to pay for it haha. Sorry for de-railing the thread miauu.