index

maxbits

• one-liners, snippets & overall simple programs
• I use them to speed up my workflow while working on games or animations

auto_rail

• aligns an object with line anchor points
• divide segments and align vs normalize / align
• useful for making handrails with splines
• watch preview "101max"

castle_101

• procedural fantasy town generator for Water-Home models
• create your own, personalized version of Water-Town in seconds
• watch preview 1
• watch preview 2
• interface

clear_cut

• auto-assign random smoothing groups across all faces
• assign smoothing groups different to neighbors
• make an object or selected faces coarse
• reset smoothing groups on all or only selected faces (• - switch)
• use it instead of auto-smooth to create a coarse object where auto-smooth assigns same smoothing groups to faces sharing the same vertex which results in a crease after adding a turbosmooth
• brute force method
• watch preview "101max"

colorific

• adjust wirecolor en masse i.e. color & grade object hierarchies automatically
• universal, easy to use colorizer
• watch preview

cray-z

• short for "crayon for zbrush"
• max to zbrush pipeline plugin
• divides all in-scene meshes according to multimaterial ids and exports newly created objects as separate files
• this way you can quickly and efficiently load .objs into separate layers in zbrush to create subtool dependant color groups
• let's say you need a color preview of a - very - high-poly model you're working on in 3ds Max
• new plugin under development

hair-z

• short for "hair for zbrush"
• create geometrical hair from hair & fur modifier
• new max to zbrush pipeline plug under development
• watch preview
• info

manage_3

• tree randomization and distribution
• manage trees en-masse in your scene
• distribute trees along target object's vertices
• distribute along path i.e. country lane, forest road
• watch preview "101max"
• interface

master_snap

• snap two arrays of objects to each other based on their proximity
• parent arrayA to arrayB
• watch preview "101max"

mix-list

• write target biped's mixer tracks into a text file along with animation ranges
• the text file is located inside the scene folder
• feed the character data along with the text file into the engine
• ###-### clipName
• watch preview

rad_mat

• assign same random material across all group members
• assign a different random material to each individual member of the same group
• assign same random material to objects based on their distance from each other
• define source materials by defining material editor slot ranges 1-2 to 1-24
• i.e. use this script to apply a random material to hundreds of /groups of objects/
• watch preview "101max"

soft_mat

• adjust round corners scene-wide
• iterate through multi/sub-object material list
• use material ID channel value to grade material softness
• i.e. multiply final round corners value by Material Channel ID: 0 - sharp, 1 - rough, 7 - soft, 15 - very soft
• watch preview "101max"

spectrum

• compute distance between two anchors in an object (i.e. the object is not to scale)
• define target distance / real measurements of the object
• define the ratio between target and source objects
• rescale the object locally or rescale entire scene
• use imaginary units instead of scene units
• watch preview "101max"

stellar_101

• parametric solar system model
• can be used to showcase a starship as in this video
• watch preview
• interface

time_out

• render diffuse and ambient occlusion (via material override) passes consecutively in mental ray
• i.e. about to leave work and you need a preview render the next day without having to go through config - just hit time_out and leave
• limited usability plugin