can't find 3ds max pie menu by bryan or perna?

nitron · Oct 2023

While searching for a pie menu for 3ds max read about an apparent pie menu by bryan and perna here https://polycount.com/discussion/197212/3ds-max-plugin-radially-pie-menu-editor-for-3ds-max.

The link mentioned by @Revel is dead.

Would appreciate if someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks.

Eric Chadwick · Oct 2023

This might help. Whenever I'm looking for a MAXScript I first check Scriptspot. https://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/plugins/tags/pie

nitron · Oct 2023

Eric Chadwick said:

This might help. Whenever I'm looking for a MAXScript I first check Scriptspot. https://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/plugins/tags/pie

Found a pie menu at https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-ideas/pie-menu-for-quick-creation-editing/idi-p/6797398 . Maybe it is the same script mentioned by @Revel. But looks like it requires understanding of maxscript to make it a fully functional pie menu which i don't have.

Revel · Oct 2023

@nitron
Ah just noticed you messaged me earlier and missed respond to that, here's the maxscript that I used last time but I'm not sure whether it still fully functional or not since I've already fully converted to Blender now and havent use Max in a while.

But do note that the maxscript is the pie menu function only, by itself it didnt do anything, you need to create a separate maxscript of what you want to be in your pie menu and call this function to create and display it in pie menu, you do need a basic understanding of maxscript before customizing it though.

I attached 2 files here, PieMenu.ms is the main function (you dont need to edit anything from here) and PieMenuView.mcr is the sample script that you can customize (take a look inside and you can play around with the items you want to have on your pie menu, in this sample it's for changing the viewport top/ bottom/ left/ right/ etc).

*PS change the file extention from .txt to .ms for PieMenu and .mcr to PieMenuView.

nitron · Oct 2023

@Revel

Thanks for sharing.

I actually switched from blender to 3ds Max and was looking to customize max to behave more like blender hence the need for pie menu.

I tested the scripts and think I can get them to work for me though it won't look pretty UI wise. I also found this script which uses AutoHotKey

https://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/150201-3ds-max-auto-hot-box/ . Although not a pie menu, I can use it for other things.

Revel · Oct 2023

Haha glad it worked out for you! But curious why did you make the jump to Max from Blender? Not to start software war or anything, just curious of what you feel Max provides that Blender doesnt?

Another thing that you can take a look at is Octopus, seem like a good one too, I used his other maxscript kit, RapidTools quite alot too last time, but this Octopus was released only after I move away from Max so I never use it before; https://rapidmxs.com/store/octopus-2/

nitron · Oct 2023

Blender 3.0 doesn't even run on my old hardware, LOL. At least max as new as 2022 can run on it albeit laggingly. And I feel max has better tools 3rd party plugins and workflow for working with ArchViz specifically. I still use blender 2.9 but it feels outdated now for the work I do.

I did look at rapidmsx's Octopus but the price is a bit much for me right now.

Anyway, max's UI just seems outdated and boring now so I am searching for free custom scripts and tools to make it the way I feel.

can't find 3ds max pie menu by bryan or perna?

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