Is there an easy way in Max to set up Edit Poly and it's various tools (extrude, bevel, etc) with the settings I want to use by default and have it remember those between sessions? Or is this "write a script" time?
Sorry not for edit poly. You'll need a script. There's a bunch of INI files in: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2014 - 64bit\ You can open them up and change some defaults around.
Here's a script that can help. Just select the object with the modifier you want to copy, then select all the targets, and then run the macro. To install drag and drop it into the viewport, then look in the monsterBlues category to bind it to a hotkey.…
Copy - Paste the Edit Poly modifier most of the times not work properly. monster do this: - create a box - clone it several times(copy not instance) - select one of the box - add Edit Poly modifier - select one of faces and extrude several times - now add to selection other boxes - run the script - all other objects will…
Still doesn't work. You're probably assuming Edit Poly will work since other modifiers like Bend work instanced across multiple objects. When you copy and paste an Edit Poly modifier and paste it onto one object, it will work and also include whatever edits you've made in the modifier. However it doesn't work if you paste…