Max "End result toggle" without white wireframe?

Serp

Basically I want to press a shortkey and see the end result without any wireframes.

Will Faucher

F4

Noors

F4 ?
edit :damn u Prophecies!

Sean VanGorder

If he knows about show end result and sub-d modeling, I'm pretty sure he knows about F4.


Anyway, yeah, I have show end result set to my spacebar, and I agree it's annoying to turn off wireframe everytime I toggle it. The easiest way to go about this would be to create a custom macro to assign to the hotkey. I'll see if I can put one together.

Serp

Ok thanks Sean. Yeah I have show end result set to S, I might do spacebar aswell.

Sean VanGorder

Here man, try assigning this macro to a hotkey. I'm still relatively new to maxscript, but this is simple enough that it should work fine.

macroScript end_result category:"Custom Keys" tooltip:"End result, no wireframe"

(
    if showEndResult != true then
    (
        showEndResult = true
        viewport.SetShowEdgeFaces false
    )
    else
    (
        showEndResult = false
        viewport.SetShowEdgeFaces  true
    )
    
)

Serp

Hi Sean, I tried it, but it still shows the white wireframe.

Sean VanGorder

Hmm, strange, it works for me here. What version of Max are you using? Like I said, I'm still fairly new to maxscript, so maybe one of the vets will drop in and figure out why it's not working. But I'll try to fix it till then.

Mark Dygert

Works for me.

I think you might be running the script each time instead of binding it to a key? It's a macro script so you run it once and then it will show up in:
"Main menu > Customize > Customize UI > Keyboard tab > Category: Custom Keys"

From there you bind it to a key.

Noors

Do you have "display selected with edge faces" off in the viewport configuration ?

Serp

Thanks guys, yeah I had "display selected with edge faces" on in the viewport configuration. Wow this script will save a lot of time.

Mark Dygert

Ahh cool, yea I agree I think everyone should learn to do simple scripts like that.

http://www.polycount.com/2011/05/16/maxscript-for-newbies

leechdemon

Mark Dygert wrote: »

Ahh cool, yea I agree I think everyone should learn to do simple scripts like that.

/agreed. I've been writing photoshop scripts for years, and was really afraid of actually coding MaxScripts, basically because you have to know what everything is called internally. Knowing that MaxScript has it's own help file, and then just googling things you don't understand will get you a very, VERY long ways.