I was checking Martin Coven’s DataChannel tutorial. He had a brilliant trick to explode polygons. Apply Chamfer modifier. Set Amount to 0.0 Set Selection to…
If you’ve installed the Windows 11 24H2 update, you may notice that some of your macro scripts and plugins have suddenly gone missing. The most…
I’ve always wanted to create long-form 3dsMax courses, and now that I have some free time, I’ve decided to kick things off with the “Maxscript…
This script allows you to toggle GPU hit testing on or off. You can create a toolbar button that displays the current status of GPU…
I delivered 5 tutorials for Autodesk;s 3dsMax Leaning Channel. Thanks for Autodesk for this opportunity. If you want to see more of these, comment on…
#3dsMax 2025.2 features Scientific color OSL map by Fabio Cramel. It is 32 color gradient map with sRGB based interpolation under the hood. But, what’s…
This will be a long tutorial. Be prepared! I’m sure many of you already have used some form of pipeline or at least heard about…
New Menu System One of the new 3dsMax 2025 features is the completely rewritten new menu system for menus and quad menu. This is a…
!!! Updated to 1.1 If you have downloaded 1.0, please download again !!! This is a simple script that syncs a camera with an active…
Substitute modifier is one of the most underrated modifiers in 3dsMax and one of my favorite modifiers. As the name suggests, this modifier replaces the…
All Thinkbox plugins has been open-sourced. But, it still requires a good amount of effort to update for new SDK changes. I have been try…
Here is some of max file you saw in the Conform Sizzle Reel including the tire and track scene. Credit Greg Glezakos – conform_clock,…
There has been many requests for providing a way to adjust clipping plane by numbers. Your voice was heard. 3dsMax 2024.2 bring MXS exposure for…
3dsMax 2024.1 has been released. I made a YouTube playlist for the highlights. For the detailed list, please visit the unofficial 3dsMax what’s new
Now you have a USD file. How would we consume in 3dsMax? Traditionally, you would just “import” the data from the file, and native 3dsmax…
USD for 3dsMAx 0.5 has been released. You can see how it has progressed in the What’s new section of the official documentation. Even tho…
The USD for 3ds Max 0.5 release adds full support for MaterialX to 3ds Max. You can load, import, edit, create, and export within 3ds…
3dsMax USD 0.5 has been released. Here is the highlights. For the detailed list, please visit the unofficial 3dsMax what’s new
csMakePreview is a scripted UI of the newly improved MXS createPreview function in 3dsMax 2024. For the details, please check this post. Now it has…
3dsMax 2024.1 has been released. Here are the highlights. For the detailed list, please visit the unofficial 3dsMax what’s new
It seems everybody loves the new multiple image drag and drop to Slate material editor in 3dsMax 2024.1. As I mentioned in the video. You…
3dsMax 2024 bring a lot of new features. Some of them are hard to show in a video. This is one of those features. I…
This is a full procedural setup with some of the new additions of #3dsMax in recent releases such as Array modifier, Boolean modifier and Subdivide…
3dsMax is here with tons of new features. Here are some of highlights. #3dsMax 2024 OCIOv2 Color Management OCIO v2 based color management is here,…
Smart Extrude is awesome. But, I know sometimes you want to be not so smart. Good news. There is a maxscript property which you can…
Nowadays “proceduralism” is a very hot trend. Yet many 3dsMax users don’t realize that 3dsMax has had a wide range of procedural features for decades.…
I know it is gross. This is the new OrganicNoise OSL map from 3dsMax 2023.3. It makes organic-looking noise! Like the above image. It is…
It has been only a little bit more than a month since we got big USD updates. But, this is December, the month of the…
3dsMax USD 0.3 has been released. Here is the highlights. USD Stage Object SD Stage Node is now supported in 3ds Max. Reference a USD…
These are some Array modifier sample max files from me and other beta testers. I’ll eventually post something ti explain some of these files. But,…
3dsMax 2023.2 has been released with the new feature-packed Array modifier. This is an array/tile “rigger” based on the new Array modifier. I originally wanted…
3dsMax 2023.2 – Array modifier -A brand new feature-packed Array Modifier. As a modifier, it provides a fully procedural non-destructive modeling and animation experience. Based…
3dsMax 2023.1 – Performance Improving/optimizing performance #3dsMax has been one of the big focus for a while. #3dsMax 2023.1 has another round of big performance…
It has been a while I made an MCG. This simple MCG allow to set vertex color(or any uv) using any 3dsMax 2d map. How…
3dsMax 2023 includes the updated Retopology modifier. Retopology modifier is an automatic retopology solution that was introduced in 2021.3. It is based on a Autodesk’s…
The pipeline integration which was introduced in 2022.3 has a small but very very important update in 3dsMax 2023, %ADSK_3DSMAX_MAJOR_VERSION% and %ADSK_3DSMAX_MINOR_VERSION% %ADSK_3DSMAX_MAJOR_VERSION% – represents…
3dsMax 2023 – Snap Working Pivot Quick way to place and align working pivot. Just place the mouse near where you want to have a…
I know a lot of 3dsMax users uses maxstart.max to set their default working environment. While that is certainly a convenient method. I haven’t used…
This is the second part of how to manage tools series, Plugins. I’m sure most 3dsMax users know about the plugin,ini file. When 3dsMax starts,…
We, 3dsMax users, love 3rd party scripts and plugins. But, we don’t necessarily like the process of installing and managing those. Sometimes this is one…
3dsMax 2022.3 has been released with new/improved features and fixes. Here are some highlights. Please check Unofficial 3dsMax What’s New for all 3dsMax updates in…
3dsMax 2024.1 added a way to set the custom default with right click menu. Therefore, you wouldn’t need to use this script anymore for most…
First check this video. 4.7 million tris/2.4 million verts playing @ 49fps on GTX960/Ryzen 2700X I know you can not believe this. So, what’s the…
3dsMax 2022.2 has been released with new/improved features and fixes. Here are some highlights. Please check Unofficial 3dsMax What’s New for all 3dsMax updates in…
I have been making some short videos to showcase the new release of 3dsMax version or Product Update. This is the collection of items for…
3dsMax is now 25 years old program. But, that doesn’t mean that all its core is 25 years old. The core of 3dsMax has been…
I made this DCM(DataChannel Modifier) while ago to help my friend’s shot. I thought that it might be worth as my first DCM mini tutorial.…
Often the riggers skin a low res character and use it to drive hires version of character with SkinWrap modifier. When you use SkinWrap, your…
OK. Part.2! In this post, we will focus on object with hard edges like booleaned model or CAD data. Booleand Model Booleaned model is usually…
The new Reform algorithm in the new Retopology modifier in 3dsMax 2021.3 is a definitely one of the best automatic retopology tech on the market.…
Max’s New Remesher is INSANE! Simple Trick for Perfect Retopology in Max Introduction to Retopology Tools for 3ds Max®: Retopologizing CAD datal Introduction to Retopology…
3dsMax 2021.3 has been released. The biggest addition of this update is the brand new Retopology modifier. I’ll have another post for the collection of…
Welcome to my 3rd OSL tutorial! In this tutorial, we well learn how to query scene/object data and utilize it with MATH! Yes, you heard…
This post is from the recent discussion on Stack Facebook group The original question was… has someone experienced that a rotation script controller gets broken/stops…
Welcome to my second OSL tutorial. Again, we will not write a single line of code in this tutorial. We will use SlateME as our…
UPDATE! Fully multi-threaded explicit normal calculation has been implemented in 3dsMax 2022.1. Now, the explicit normal version of model is deforming at 2.8fps( was 0.6…
When your cursor is hovering over an object in the viewport, you can see that a tooltip pops up and shows object name. 3dsMax 2017+…
As you know, 3dsMax searches a few folder to find your asset or map files. I personally do not set any of these search folder.…
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3dsMax 2024.1 added a way to set the custom default with right click menu. Therefore, you wouldn’t need to use this script anymore for most…
3ds Max has many cool OSL shaders. It also has some under the hood improvement for OSL shader developers for better user experience. For details,…
Let me just borrow text from 3dsMax help. You guys should read manual all the time’ Three are many good in formation! I highlighted important…
3dsMax 2021 has been release. One of the new feature is the brand new BakingToTexture tool. This tool is written from scratch and the replacement…
A new year, a new adventure Please visit https://renderstacks.com/
I have been using jpg sequence for my Make Preview output. It is allways easier and more flexible to deal with image sequence than avi,…
One of the new feature of 3dsMax 2020.1 is the new Hot Key Editor plus Hot Keys and underlying system. Hot Key Editor The new…
MCG had a big changed in 3dsMax 2018. This post is based on 3dsMax 2018+. One of the biggest changes was Improved MCG Package Installation…
3dsMax developer has changed their delivery model to continuous delivery. Instead of delivering a feature at one release, now a feature will be delivered continuously…
Since I posted the Alembic improvement of 3dsMax 2019 release, each PU has been added more and more improvements continuously. Let’s check what has been…
Since it is introduced in 3dsMax 2019, OSL Map has been comtinuously improved in every release. There has been many updated on performance, OSL editor…
3dsMax 2019.1 has been release with many improved features. Many new features has been added to Alembic/OSL/Fluid/Arnold. Python and Project got some improvement. Plus 94…
One of the hidden gem of the new 3dsMax 2019 feature is the Custom Scene File Data Streams. This allows uses attach custom strings to…
You don’t need to download this shaders anymore. 3dsMax 2020 has a better version of all these shaders built-in. While I was beta testing 3dsMax…
Alembic is a geometry cache format developed by Sony Imageworks and ILM. It is a very powerful format. It can handle animated transform and deformation(include…
3dsMax 2019 has been released. The most noticable feature is the OSL(Open Shading Language) map. You should watch Mads video to see what it can…
This MCG modifier allows you generate multiple camera projected UV with independant resolition per camera. It is essentially a MCG version of CameraMapGemini. 3dsMax 2018+…
3dsMax 2018.4 has been released today. https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-3ds-max-blog/meet-3ds-max-2018-4/ One of the feature is the full BiFrost channel support for PRT export. You can export all BiFrost…
This is my second DataChannel modifier sample pack. If you have not checked my first sample pack. Please check my 3dsMax 2017.1 DataChannel modifier samples…
It takes a lot more time than I expected to make this MCG. Personally it was a great learning experience for mesh structures in 3dsMax.…
3dsMax 2018 MCG has many fundamental core changes which make MCG easier to use/make for users. The MCG guru at 3dsMax dev team Martin has…
3dsMax 2017.1 has been released with DataChannel modifier and BlendedBoxMaping Map. http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-3ds-max-blog/3dsmax_2017_update1 DataChannel modifier is very cool and fun. This is a kind of sub-object…
Some background information about the new viewport override 3dsMax 2017 introduced the new viewport material override. As you cans see from viewport menu,…
This MCG shape allows you generate smoothly connected spline between two objects with sagging option. You can animate start/end object. Tubo will dynamically connect two…
This MCG object let you combine multiple object as one mesh while keeping animated transformation and deformation. You have two methods to choose the object…
This is a collection of macro script relate to construction plane. It started as an implementation of Modo’s work plane. It includes the following four…
QuadScatter MCG modifier is updated to 1.5 with 2 new functions. A lot of peoples seems to think QuadScatter as just fancy “Greeble”. But, it…
3ds Max magician Qinming released a free FFmpeg reader plugin for 2015-2017. Basically you can read any image/video that FFmpeg supports directly in 3ds Max…
In 3ds Max 2017, there are a lot of performance improvements in may area. I think It is the fastest 3ds Max ever. Viewport is…
This MCG modifier allow you scatter object on quad polygons. “Quad polygon” is determined by QuadThreshold value. For each polygon, this MCG will remove the…
Today Autodesk released 3ds Max 2016 SP3. This SP also brings us two big MCG performance improvement. Mesh related MCG oerformance is 300%-800% better. Here…
Trajectory Constraint causes an object’s orientation to follow the trajectory(velocity vector) of a target object. For example. when you animate a car, the rotation of…
A simple 3 point align transform MCG controller. Assign as a transform controller and pick 3 objects to control. It also has Flip and Rotation_Offset…
This MCG and Msxscript combo will allow you to collapse/pointcache object with spacewarp(s) while preserving pivot and hierarchy. The main calculation engine is CollapseSW MCG…
Update: 03-14-2016 Fixed crash caused by EXT2. Thanks for Vu Nguyen. This is a modifier that makes Neil Blevins’ Blended Box Mapping technique simpler. It assigns…
MatID_Swap This modifier let you change the current Material with a new MaterialID. You can swap upto 10 sets of IDs at once. the following…
This is a MCG modifier which extract the difference(deltas) between two meshes and let you apply the deltas to a different mesh. You can use…
Finally 3ds max 2015 introduced nested layer and Scene Explorer based new Layer Explorer. I think it is one of the the most important update…
I uploaded my demoreel on Vimeo. Mostly TV, Some Features and Commercial. 3ds Max, Fusion, VRay, TP, FumeFX, Boujou.
What is it animBoost is a set of maxscript that boost viewport performance for animated mesh. What it does Recently I found out that 3ds…