MAx: always face viewport

blankslatejoe

Hey guys--quick max question:
Anyone know a way to create an object, or a series of objects, and have them always face the viewport. I've seen it done with particles and some sort of 'normal/face camera' toggle on, but I was curious if there is an approach to this using just the perspective viewport (not a camera) and geometry.

Eric Chadwick

AFAIK you need a camera. Assign a Lookat controller to the object's rotation, choose the camera as the target. Do a search for "billboard" on http://www.scriptspot.com, there are a few scripts that automate this.

FatAssasin

http://jhaywood.com/maxScripts.htm

I have a script that does just that in my pack-'o-scripts:

Look At Viewport
"Forces an object to always face the viewport. A modifier is added to the object that includes options to turn off the auto look at behavior, or to enable it only for certain types of viewports."

mikebart

I asked about this a while ago too, hope this helps
http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=202585&an=0&page=3#Post202585