I just released a new script for 3DSMax which lets you copy and paste (or unify) the length of selected edges or edge loops. It also lets you get/set the distance between verts or objects. There are a lot of one-off scripts that do some of what it does, but I thought it would be useful to have something a bit more…
I wanted to ask if u have two color correction nodes in the material editor in 3dsmax and u wanted to create a connection where u can set up a certain brightness value of Color correction node (CC)A, to correspond with the brightness of (CC)B at a particular value, then set another value of (CC)A to correspond with (CC)B…
I have a 3DSMAX 2011 scene (directx mode) with many objects and when I assign complex Vray materials to the objects in the scene the viewport slows down to a crawl: 4FPS. When I apple a simple Vray material the viewport performance is about 40FPS. When I apply an simple Standard material the viewport performance is about…
how would i go about requesting a 3dsmax modifier that i think could be fairly beneficial/time saving? i'm aware there are some tech artists here who could do it but i don't know any of you well enough (sorry) to ask personally. and i feel like if i post it on the autodesk forums it'll just be lost in the noise. what i…
Okay, coming from Maya I used to work like this: Set up a hierarchy that consisted of a series of parent child relationships. Then I would hit a toggle button that would auto select the top most node in the hierarchy. I would turn this on and off as I worked. If I wanted to move a piece that was a child of another I turned…
Guys,need some help here.I have been having a lot of problems with my laptop so I decided to do a clean re installation of Windows.When I tried to reinstall 3dsmax student version,it installed with d3dcompiler.dll missing.I updated my windows online,the problem still persisted.I had to do another clean install to get the…
hey guys, still cracking on with animating. now im trying to work on hair i have a question. does anyone remember the pimpin thread for bobo's awsome little winged creature? just about everyone skinned him. then one guy, by the name of Podman, started to rig and animate it. using Maya (i believe) he managed to create a…
Guys, I just watched this on youtube. [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB09T--_ZvU&list=UUOKHwx1VCdgnxwbjyb9Iu1g&index=3"]Introduction to Cycles Baking - YouTube[/ame] Seems Blender now has cycles baking .It even seems to work with caustics. I wanted to ask if 3dsmax has a feature like this with mental ray.My archviz…
Hi community! I'm wondering if exists in the deep of web, a script or a plugin that allows to adapt the same clothing (so the same mesh and topology) to different type of bodies, having different topology (i'm working on some character mods, which have the same costumes for many different races/body types: for ex. High…
Hello I'm trying to learn some basics on rigging in 3DsMax, I want to rigg a rope in a cable roller / spool then pull it through a pulley. After some tutorial research I think the best way is to move a chain of bones following a spline but I'm not able to make them follow each other. After making the bones and assign a…