Hello guys! This time, I will show you 10
useful 3ds Max scripts you can use daily. Best place to find these scripts
and many others is scriptspot.com, that’s where I get most of my scripts. Let’s start with the script I use the most often
- copy and paste. Let me show you how it works. So you need to select the objects you want
to copy to another scene and click the icon. After the files are saved, you can paste
them to another scene you have opened. I use this script almost every
time I work on a project. And I cannot imagine working in max without it! Also, if you want to get the copy-and-paste
script, you can download it from our website. The link will be in
the description below the video. The next one is pretty similar but in this case, you can copy and paste objects
globally. What does it mean? You can copy the objects onto one computer. They are saved somewhere on the network
that is accessible to different computers. We can go to another computer that can access the same network and you are able to paste
it to this computer. Magic, isn’t it? It is super useful when a couple
of people work on the same project. Btw, if you want to know how to
create a custom toolbar like this, you can watch my video on this topic. I’ll put the link to it in the corner. This script is pretty handy as well, we can
attach multiple objects at once. Let me show you… Let’s say, we want to have these
beer glasses attached altogether. What we need to do is select all the objects
we want to attach and choose the script. With this one, we can attach objects
to editable poly or to editable mesh. I will use the editable poly option in this case but it works exactly the
same, just the output varies. That’s it, attach is done. So instead of attaching them one by one
or looking for objects from the list, we can easily attach multiple
objects with just one click. By the way, with this script, the attached
object will also be added to the active layer. The next one is helpful when working
on the camera and composition. We will get a panel where we can choose
from different composition rules. It is a perfect way to make sure that your
composition is balanced and well-planned. The guidelines will appear in the active view. There is also an option to create a custom grid. We can set a specific number of
horizontal and vertical guidelines. I share this script on my site, as it’s hard to
find online, I will put the link in the corner. This script is pretty easy to use and
really makes working on projects fast. Normally to measure things in 3ds max, the quickest way is to draw a
plane and check its dimensions. But with this script, we can do quick
and rough measurements even faster. We only need to click on the icon and choose
the start and end points of the measured object. And we have a distance! It may work great, f.ex.
if we want to check the scale of the scene. Another script that can make your
life easier is the speedometer. Thanks to this, you can measure the speed of
the animated object to make it look realistic. You need to click on the animated
object and turn on the script. You will get the speed in
the unit you will choose. It will of course vary depending on
the frame you will measure the speed. So as an example, at this point, the
car is driving 37.1 miles per hour. Or, if we change the units,
it is almost 60 km per hour. This one I use when I work with
the wire color render element. As an example, here we have one
big bluish spot. It’s not really helpful if we want to use it in the post later on. Instead of going to specific objects
and changing their colors one by one, we can do this automatically. We have a couple of options here, we
can randomize wire color by layer, by material, or get random colors for each object. Typically, I use the last one. We need to reset the rendering though. Here we go! Now, we have various
colors on different things. Perfect! Now, in case, we need to use it in the
post, we can easily select any object! Now, I will show you the cool script for pivots. Normally, to move the pivot to another place, we can go to Hierarchy, Pivot,
and choose the Affect Pivot only. However, I use the script that moves the
pivot to the place we select on this cube. So for example, let’s say we want to
have the pivot in the center on the top. Or at the bottom. Nice and easy! And so helpful! I have also the most common pivot position set up. This way, I can quickly change the pivot
place to be at the bottom, in the center. This one, I use the most often. This one is pretty helpful during modeling. For example, let’s say that
I want to model the tap here. I need to use the blueprint if I
want to model something specific. I can use the Reference Planes for this. We need to drag and drop the image we want to use and it will appear in the
scene in the correct proportions. We can adjust the scale and
material that is applied to it. This one is super useful when we want
to make existing objects - instances. At this moment, you can notice that only
some of the armchairs are instances. If they are all the same and have the same
material on them, it makes sense to have all of them as instances so we need to change things just
in one object and it will affect others as well. So we can pick the master object that
we want to have as an original one. And then, select all other
files we want to be instances. Here we go! Super handy one! 1. Random Transfor i Z Rotation - Dopisać With this script, you can randomize the position,
rotation, and scale of the selected objects. Let’s say, we have one model of
shrub that we want to randomize. As I mentioned, we can randomize the
object’s position, rotation, and scale. Let me show you some examples
of using this script. We can for instance move them
randomly only on the X and Y axis. We can set the numbers here.
Let’s say, from 0 to 1. And click ‘go random’. We can also rotate. In this case, it makes sense
to rotate only on the z-axis. We can set the rotation to 50 for instance. Go random! Here we go! We use the same model but
it’s not visible at the first glance. To make the randomization to a higher
level, we can additionally use scale. I would select all the axis and this time, I will
set the first value to 90 and the second to 110. This way, some of the models will be
smaller than the original and some bigger. Perhaps the difference is not enough, we can
change the value to 130 and click go random again. Here we go! Pretty handy! Also, you can have a script that
randomizes only in the z-axis, it’s pretty handy when you want to quickly
randomize trees for example. Let me show you… We need to select the objects
and choose the script. Here we go! The randomization
is done automatically! We can click a couple of times
to get the effect we like. I can make it easier for you to see,
I’ll show you this from the top view.
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