StrTools

INSTALLATION: 1. Go to MAXScript, Run Script, find StrTools_vX.XX.ms 2. Find the script button in Customize/Toolbars/StrScripts/StrTools 3. It's recommended to restart 3ds Max 4. If you want to run automatically when 3ds Max starts, place StrTools_v2.88_Startup here: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max \scripts\startup *v2.88 -bug fixes *v2.87 -xObjects now supports randomization by editable poly elements -Improvements to sAttach -Collector now automatically collects the assets in assets folder(still working on relink) -On and Off buttons "Enables/Disables all selected Lights, Cameras (Targeting), and Plugin objects (Forest Pack, TyFlow, etc.)." -Motivation button added -New simpler layer structure -New copy paste buttons. Uses a History Shifting system to copy objects to a temporary .max file and paste them back. It maintains a history of up to 10 merge files and you can load them in new "Copy/Paste" option that was added to the selections dropdown. -Cleaner button was updated to include fixes for "V-Ray Material clamping" and deleting unused plugin references. -Various code improvements and Bug fixes ***Read the buttons tool-tips for more detailed information on how to use! The point of this script is to speed-up workflow on my architectural visualization scenes with these simple combinations of tools. In this script you will find: Smooth selected objects for the value. Place pivot on object surface where you need it. Place selected objects pivots on top. Place selected objects on bottom. Place selected objects pivots in center. Place selected objects pivots on 0 (xyz zero). Weld vertices on selected objects. Unify normals on selected objects. Deletes edges on flat surfaces. Fixes muddy faces. Select vertices that uses only two edges. Rename all selected. New name of all selected/detached. Detach all elements in selected objects. Resets xForm on selected objects and splines. Display selected as box. Right click to disable box display. Display selected Backface Cull. Right click to disable selected Backface Cull. Quadify the selected mesh. Insert edges and sets flow on selected edges normal. Add edit poly modifier. Add shell modifier to selected objects. Add FFD 2x2x2 modifier to selected object/faces for quick modification. Add FFD 2x2x2 modifier to selected object/faces for quick modification. Add FFD 2x2x2 modifier to selected object/faces for quick modification. Select all Proxies in scene. Display selected proxies as Point Cloud (Corona) and Faces (Vray). Display selected proxies as Box. Display selected proxies as mesh. Select all Helpers in scene or view. Select all Geometry in scene or view. Select all Proxies in scene. Select all Splines and Shapes in scene or view. Select all Cameras in scene or view. Select all Lights in scene or view. Turn on or Right click off selected Lights (VRay and Corona) and camera targets (VRayPhisical and Physical). Change selected Lights and Cameras white balance. Lock selected (If locking camera or sun, it will also lock their target). Unlock selected (If unlocking camera or sun, it will also unlock their target). Selects all objects without materials. Randomness on X axis. Minimun % for scale Randomness on Y axis. Maximum % for scale Randomness on Z axis. Randomize positions of selected objects based on input numbers. (Groups are ignored, each selected in group will be randimized) Randomize rotations of selected based on input numbers. (Groups are ignored, each selected in group will be randimized) Randomize scale in percentages of selected. X input=Minimum, Y input=Maximum. (Groups are ignored, each selected in group will be randimized) World coordinate system for randomizations. For scale this will be ignored, local only. Select objects by material. Update scene material list. This may take a while... Atach all selected into single object. More objects=slower. *Tested only on 3ds max 2016. Quick assign ID to selected. Quick select objects by ID. Random select objects in selection. *Tested only on 3ds max 2016. UVW Box mapping on selected objects (600x600). UVW Plane mapping on selected objects (600x600). UVW xForm modifier on selected objects. Remove materials on selected objects. Disable/Enable displacement on all applied materials. Random wirecolor by material. Random wirecolors by object. Random UV offset on selected objects. UVW xForm rotations by object Autoflat with Unwrap UVW. Flat selected on X axis Flat selected on X axis Flat selected on X axis Show materials in viewport. Right click to hide. 2.2 Gamma workflow. VRaySun Corona Sun Layers for architectural visualization scene. Clean empty layers, garbage, trackview nodes, fixes large file size problem. Popular aspect ratios presets for output size. Copy (Save) selected for merging into another 3ds Max application. Paste (Merges) previously Copied selection into exact position. Incremental Save. Set region.