3ds max plugins

MeshTools 1.0.2

MeshTools is collection of four plugins:

• Push
• Solidify
• Edit Mesh 2
• Editable Mesh 2

Push and Solidify have not changed since R2.0 release. Edit Mesh 2 and Editable Mesh 2 now include interactive bevel, separate polygon bevel, and modified build face function that allows you to build quads. In addition, Edit Mesh 2 now has full-featured Select By Normal function just as Editable Mesh 2. And Editable Mesh 2 has been extended with a Sweep Select tool and a cool new Knife tool that will make it much easier to do all kinds of slices.

R2.5 version

Solidify

Solidify is a modifer plugin that takes your surfaces and makes them solid. An easier way to describe it would be to say that it does extrusion along vertex normals. No more wrestling with extrusion or double sided materials, Solidify makes it a snap to give your surfaces thickness, with as many segments as you need.

R1.2 versionR2.x versionR3.x versionR4.x version

Push

This plugin inflates or deflates an object along its vertex normals. It can be animated too. Possible applications:

• Making clothing out of body mesh
• Having an object appear to breathe
• Making a hand beefier or nose smaller

R1.2 versionR2.x versionR3.x version

Bitmap Collector

Bitmap Collector will scan your scene for the bitmaps you use and either copy or move them to the destination directory that you specify. It also has the option of updating bitmaps in materials to point to the new directory. Great for collecting all your material and environment bitmaps in one place.

R1.2 versionR2.x versionR3.x versionR4.x version

Edit Mesh 2 1.3/Editable Mesh 1.0

These are the rewrites of the original Edit Mesh modifier and Editable Mesh object. The added features let you bevel faces and select faces by normal.
Note: these are only available for Max R2.

R2.0 versionEdit Mesh 2 1.1 R1.2 version

Stamper

Allows you to stamp your embossed image into every frame of the animation ala TV station ID's. This zip files contains versions for Max R1.2, R2, R3, and R4.

All Stamper versions

SuckerPunch Pack 1

SuckerPunch Pack 1 is collection of three plugins:

• Find/Replace User Properties utility
• User Properties Editor utility
• SkinSP modifier

See each plugin's README files for more details.

R3.x version

Area

Just a quickie plugin that calculates the surface area of an object you pick. Source code included.

R1.2 version

Related software

.3ds to Imagine Converter

Converts .3ds mesh files to Imagine format for use with Imagine modeling/animation software from Impulse, Inc.

3ds2im