Christopher Grant 3/15/17 Christopher Grant 3/15/17

Eliminating the 3ds Max x32 Error When Importing SketchUp Files

Have you run into the x32 error when importing a SketchUp file into 3ds Max? Read on to see where this comes from and how to successfully make those files import into 3ds Max.

Christopher Grant 10/18/13 Christopher Grant 10/18/13

Python in 3ds Max - What Does It Mean?

Now that Autodesk has officially released support for Python in the 3ds Max 2014 Extension release - what does that actually mean for the community of artists working with 3ds Max? If you're a "user" of scripts - it probably doesn't mean much right now but I think things will get interesting soon. If you're a "developer" of scripts - it's time to look at Python & our current tools to see where we could use it. I believe Python is going to change the 3ds Max landscape in a really positive way - let's look at some of them.

Christopher Grant 9/10/13 Christopher Grant 9/10/13

RPManager - Updating XREF Paths for all Passes

The following one-liner MAXScript from Grant Adam has saved a ton of time while working with RPManager in our Arch-Viz pipeline.

RPManXref.captureAllXrefPassesIfNotAlready true

Simple little line of MAXScript that is incredibly powerful. Let me explain...

Christopher Grant 8/26/13 Christopher Grant 8/26/13

Auto Incrementing Save Script for 3ds Max File History

One of my absolute favorite scripts for 3ds Max and probably the one that's used the most day-to-day is Martin Breidt's "Incremental Save". It eliminates a ton of headache when dealing with lots of revisions to Max files over a long period.