Category Archives: MaxScript

Projecting Camera Maps

Posted on February 4, 2019 by davewortley

By default in standard 3dsmax the Camera Map Modifier has a projection aspect ratio the same as the camera/render resolution, this isn’t good if you need to project a portrait image on a landscape render. Whilst there are plugins/MCG/OSL solutions … Continue reading →

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SME: Slating the right Nodes

Posted on November 15, 2017 by davewortley

Whilst working on my next tool I hit a rather large stumbling block. Getting the selected nodes in the Slate Material Editor only passes you string names.  The Problem with the SME and 3dsmax in general is that maps/materials can share … Continue reading →

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Intricacies of 3ds Max Part 1

Posted on August 20, 2017 by davewortley

Half of what I know isn’t just how to solve a problem, but why that problem exists and when we are just using work-arounds to get around problems.  Here are a few examples which may seem illogical at first, but … Continue reading →

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Lesson 15: Enumeration Stations….

Posted on July 6, 2017 by davewortley

Sorry this blog has been neglected… Facebook makes things much easier to share… In some other….. ‘proper’… coding languages you have a function called Enumerate…. this allows you to iterate through an array and not only get the value but … Continue reading →

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Optimising Scenes by Reducing Objects

Posted on January 26, 2017 by davewortley

One of the most efficient ways to optimise a scene in 3dsmax is to cut down on the sheer number of objects in the viewport. I’m not talking about deleting object, just merging objects together to one mesh can seriously … Continue reading →

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Getting Mapped

Posted on September 7, 2016 by davewortley

Ok I admit it, I’m trying to help people learn maxscript and occasionally there will be things I don’t understand, often the process of writing out a blogpost helps solidify my knowledge and makes me ask the question of whether … Continue reading →

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Return of the Auto back

Posted on August 3, 2016 by davewortley

Autoback is one of those features we love to hate… we love it when it saves our ass, we hate it when it interrupts what we are doing.  One of my main pains is when you open the autoback, you … Continue reading →

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Maya – Max: Why doesn’t 3dsmax have a Shape Node?

Posted on June 2, 2016 by davewortley

If you’re coming from Maya  to 3dsmax, or you’re learning Maya and getting confused as to why in Maya there are Transform and Shape node and in 3dmax it doesn’t look like there are… here’s a bit of a explanation, … Continue reading →

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That doesn’t work. – Part 1

Posted on May 31, 2016 by davewortley

Is anyone out there old enough to remember the fantastic Discworld Computer Games based on the late Terry Pratchett’s novel series? A brilliant and hilarious creation that allowed you to take your character, the embarrassingly useless wizard, Rincewind through the … Continue reading →

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Vray Render Mask Maker

Posted on April 5, 2016 by davewortley

The VRay Render Mask was added back in Vray 3.0 I think, you can do include/excludes, choose to only render your selected object or put an image mask in to render this. Back then, I wrote this tool, which I … Continue reading →

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