Drop On script which is part of miauu's Script Pack vol.2 allows spline projection(whole spline or part of it) on surface with an option to project the tangents of the knots.
I would look into Maxscript to solve this. You could look at this script as an example, and expand upon it if needed. http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/max-defaults
I got this script working perfectly with the help of Miauu (http://miauumaxscript.blogspot.pt/) I will post it in a new thread along with other scripts that i use. Cheers guys!
Thanks for the script, i was searching the blueprints manager, so, first i need to crop all 4 images in photoshop, and use the script for importing in 3D max?
@Swordslayer Thanks a ton. What of if you want to make one or more of the instances unique at some point? would another script be needed? Thank u for the script. :- )
You probably want to look into some skin transfer scripts for Maya (topological if you're only moving points). Shouldn't be to problematic with the right script, check on Creativecrash.
The super old MeshTools script has a Connect operation that connects by quad. Not sure why the built in one is lame. http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/meshtools