If the scale of your objects is off when you paint with that script, its because it doesn't take non-uniform scale into account. You need to reset the transform/scale in the hierarchy tab. I also found the random scatter options kind of confusing. I really like Niel Blevins Object Painter script. It also randomizes scale.…
I have a handful of questions that are kind of unrelated but its easier to put them in all one thread. (ANSWERED) Exploded baking. I know how to do a exploded bake, that is simple enough, but what do you do for the AO map? Do you bake the AO from the exploded bake or do you do it from the combined mesh to get more accurate…
Hey folks, Still nothing really that interesting to post, just thought I'd run my new site layout and design past you all to see what people think. http://www.greveson.co.uk/temp/ All hand-written in PHP and CSS, I've also set it up to allow different styles if you pass a "style" parameter to the link so I can quickly…
So I have this shelf that I share with my team, there are two buttons on the shelf that would benefit from using icons. The problem is I'd like to keep the install simple so they just copy the whole folder to their scripts folder. My question is, is there any way to make a shelf that I can share with the team and also put…
Hello everyone. I model a lot of shapes with wide flowing curved surfaces. I already wrote a script to convert my selected poly edge to a curve and automatically rebuild it with a specified number of spans. I do this so that I can have a nice smooth guide to conform my verts to. The problem is that I have to do this…
Hi All! I'm creating a tool that involves creating a PSD file texture node through a Python script. In the above picture, a texture node created through script is on the left ('scriptTex') and a texture node created through the Hypershade in Maya is on the right ('psdFileTex2'). Notice that the texture on the left is…
Hello guys... Swift-Switch is a script that i made for Autodesk 3dsmax and it helps you change to different render engines instantly. It also features Render presets for V-Ray and Mental-Ray and many more things. Additionally it also contains M-Converter (Script to convert materials) and VRay OceanMtl (Unique Material for…
Hey guys i wrote some scripts that help to speed up exporting and i want one more addition. --Fast save overwrite 2 step script --STEP 1 - export file with this script, it will store location of the file --Filename should be equal to the name of the object if selection.count != 0 do ( actionMan.executeAction 0 "40373"…
fair enough. and yes, one should never avoid helpful scripts. only reason i asked to compare without scripts is because it would be even more unfair comparison if i showed what some proprietary maya scripts/plugins can do. as for soft selection, i cant imagine working without it. i am sure the feeling is mutual among many…
Alright I got Slide Normal Thief to work with Max 2014. Here's the link to Slide Normal Thief in case anyone else is interested in the script. http://slidelondon.com/_downloads/SlideNormalThief/SlideTools-SlideNormalThief.rar 1. Try putting the script in your Script directory folder 2. Go to Customize > Customize User…