meshtools/haywood/cspolytools and max 8

fritz

i just got max 8...dropped all my useful meshtools and what not in my max 8 macroscript folder and they aren't working. is there something buggy w/max 8 and meshtools/cspolytools/haywood tools?

Eric Chadwick

Don't need Meshtools nor csPolyTools anymore, most of their features have been built into Max 8.

Eric Chadwick

Haywood's stuff should work, did you d/l the latest?
http://jhaywood.com/maxScripts.htm

Out of curiosity, I installed Meshtools 3, and it works fine (but clunky compared to the built-ins). What problemos are you having?

fritz

some stuff works....some doesn't. what i mainly need are both the csslide and the chamfer w/solid edges. unless....max 8 provides both.

Eric Chadwick

IIRC, csSlide is now replaced by the Constraints options (Edge).

Orionflame 3's Chamfer has a "Connect" option that recreates the original edge between the new chamfered edges, similar to the old Chamfer Solid. Alas OF3 is not free... but OF2 still is, and it might have that tool.

robioto

Important infomation for 3dsmax 8 users: There is a version 3.0 available for max 6/7, which works for 8 too. you can find it here:

Meshtools 3.0
http://www.scriptspot.com/download.asp?ID=2432

Most features are in max now, but not all. Solid chamfer is one of the coolest features, but it gives an error when using it under max 8:

"Argument count error: chamferVerts wanted 4, got 3"

To solve this, just replace the marked line in the maxscriptwindow, that appears behind the errormessage with this:

thisObj.editablePoly.chamferEdges 0.001

Save the script. Restart max. It should work now.
(credits forthis tip to "Zbuffer" on cgtalk cg-talkthread )



I haven't tried this yet but it might help