MCG Magnetic Filaments + DCP Van Gogh

Forgive my ignorance, but is it possible?

So fantastic, appreciate all your efforts.

but beside a pointy needle filament...and a blocky (rectangular)...what other shapes would be useful ? I decided to stick with the needle shape so you can see the direction...

But damn easy to use custom shape filament...

For sure, the needle shape is great. I think a rectangle would be useful, too.

I think the ability to pick any closed spline would be amazing: a number; a letter; a pointing finger; a car; any organic shape really.

get ver 1.02 from here:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvgNse7E8aaygkfiAHWCpV_vnsh1

(also, if you plan to use a spline as Custom Mesh, you MUST have EXT1/2 for max2016, without it...there's no spline functionalities)

Even works using animated splines or meshes as a custom filament.

So much fun, nice job. Thanks!

improved performance for Custom Filament

See attached Combo for illustration of using both the MagnetsAdvanced
that already has 2 circle effectors + the DCP on top with 4 other effectors. The DCP does have a certain charm about it...

Plugin works great but I don't know where to find "Macro4" button.

Did I do something wrong?

just add the Data Channel modifier the normal way...since I'm exploring Data channel right now, I can't be stuffed adding the DCM normal way everytime (trawling thru the loooooooooong list of modifiers). All I did was copy the command from the listener...but perhaps some maxscript guru can help with a better way to add a shortcut button for that purpose.

(even tho the Magnets Adv can do things by itself, there's nothing to stop you from using it AND the DCP...might get unexpected trippy look from this combo)

hmm....thinking fingerprint pattern job...

Hi Vusta,

As a loyal Max user I've been using SS for many, many years but this is the first time I've been compelled to post.

I've been using your MCG's for a while now and they are nothing short of amazing. Game changing, actually. Excellent work. Thank you so much.

Just wanted to chime in and say I couldn't get this MCG to work until I changed the DCP path to:

C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2017 - 64bit\ENU\en-US\plugcfg\DataChannelPresets

After that it worked like a charm.

Thank you again for all your hard work.

yeah I'm still pretty new with DCM/DCP...that is the default DCP path.

but the MCG should've worked tho...the basic MCG MagnetFilaments is simply a distributor..it shouldn't depend on DCP.

Heck yes, your MCG MagnetFilaments worked perfectly!

But the Data Channel modifier preset wouldn't show up in the pull down menu until I changed the path to plugcfg\DataChannelPresets instead of plugcfg\DataChannelPreset.

with Polarity.....

Thanks for sharing this is really cool. Can this be made to use proxy geo?

don't see why not...the reason I stuck with a triangle/rectangle is because of the shape of a magnet filament and also to to keep up 'performance' as these are extremely simple shapes...imagine you gonna clone 50000 teapots...it'll kill your pc...

waaaaaaaiiiiit a minute.....what am I saying....the feature is already there....Pick Custom Filament !!!

I take it you're not talking about the filament....but the distribution shape ?