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JokerMartini / Scale Verts | .ms

Created August 20, 2015 14:51

Maxscript: This demonstrates how to scale a set of verts based on a transform/center point.

	/* Scene Setup */
	delete objects
	ref = plane width:100 length:100 widthsegs:1 lengthsegs:1 wirecolor:yellow pos:[0,0,-1]
	obj = convertToPoly (snapshot ref)
	obj.pos = [0,0,0]

	/* Scale Verts */
	sca = [0.9, 0.9, 0.9]

	-- array of vert positions

JokerMartini / Simple Primitive | .ms

Created August 20, 2015 15:51

Maxscript: This snippet demonstrates a simple plane primitive plugin for 3ds Max.

	plugin simpleObject quad
	name:"Quad"
	category:"Training Primitives"
	classID:#(0x4927806d, 0x3d9ca278)

	(
	parameters main rollout:params
	(
	width type:#float ui:width default:0
	length type:#float ui:length default:0

JokerMartini / Noise Distortion | .ms

Created August 20, 2015 16:37

Maxscript: This demonstrates how to apply a noise distortion to mathematical values.

	try(destroyDialog rlTest)catch()
	rollout rlTest "test"
	(
	spinner uiWidth "Width" range:[-1e6,1e6,300.0] type:#worldUnits
	spinner uiHeight "Height" range:[-1e6,1e6,50.0] type:#worldUnits
	spinner uiSamples "Samples" range:[1,1e4,100] type:#integer
	group "Noise"
	(
	spinner uiNoiseFrequency "Frequency" range:[0,1e9,.1] type:#float scale:0.01
	spinner uiNoisePhase "Phase" range:[-1e9,1e9,1.0] type:#float scale:0.1

JokerMartini / Formatted with leading Zeros | .ms

Created August 26, 2015 11:49

Maxscript: Creates a string with leading zeros.

formattedPrint 2 format:"3.3d"

JokerMartini / Select Faces Within Angle Threshold | .ms

Created September 4, 2015 12:16

Maxscript: Selects the faces of an editable poly within a given angle threshold from the Z normal. There is a max height parameter which ignores faces lower than the Max Height value.

	--"Angle Threshold spinner" -- angle beetven face normal and Z-axis
	--"Max Height" -- select only faces which center position is > Max Height

	try(DestroyDialog ::bgaRoll)catch()
	rollout bgaRoll "selectObjTops"
	(
	local poGFN = polyop.getFaceNormal, poGFC = polyop.getFaceCenter
	spinner spn_ang "Angle Threshold:" range:[0,360,5] pos:[5,5]
	spinner spn_heig "Max Height: " range:[0,360,0] pos:[4,25]
	button btn "Select T O P S!" width:150 pos:[5,45]

JokerMartini / Generate Points with PFlow | .ms

Created September 4, 2015 12:18

Maxscript: Demonstrates how to use Pflow to generate points on polygonal nodes.

	global _genPFPts = #()

	fn GenPFPoints nodes:undefined amount:10 location:4 =
	(
	_genPFPts = #()

	pfp = PF_Source name:"pf_points" X_Coord:0 Y_Coord:0 Quantity_Viewport:100 Show_Logo:off Show_Emitter:off

	particleFlow.BeginEdit()
	op1 = Birth name:"pfp_birth" amount:amount Emit_Stop:currenttime Emit_Start:currenttime

JokerMartini / Generate Points Then Align Object | .ms

Created October 8, 2015 11:41

Maxscript: Takes an array containing X number of point3 values (no less then 3 points) and aligns an object at the center location of those points. Then aligns the object so it's X-axis is pointing at the first item in that point3 array and the Z axis is point outward from those points (like a local axis) We need at least two vectors to make a m…

	fn GenerateCircularPoints spaced:true count:10 radius:12 =
	(
	pts = if spaced then
	(
	for k=1 to count collect (text size:4 axistripod:off pos:[radius * cos((k-1) * (360.0 / count)), radius * sin((k-1) * (360.0 / count)),0] wirecolor:yellow text:(k as string))
	)else(
	for k=1 to count collect (text size:4 axistripod:off pos:[radiuscos(a = random 0 360), radiussin(a),0] wirecolor:yellow text:(k as string))
	)
	pts
	)

JokerMartini / Loop Through Directories Building Tree | .cs

Last active July 5, 2017 14:18

C#: This snippet is used to search through a directory and build a treeview list of nodes

	using System;
	using System.Collections.Generic;
	using System.ComponentModel;
	using System.Data;
	using System.Drawing;
	using System.IO;
	using System.Linq;
	using System.Text;
	using System.Threading.Tasks;
	using System.Windows.Forms;

JokerMartini / Timestamping Data | .ms

Created October 22, 2015 18:31

Maxscript: This snippet demonstrates how to timestamp memory and execution time.

	--Info Logging Start
	clearlistener()
	RunStartTime = (timestamp())
	RunStartMemory = heapfree

	-- Function goes here

	--Info Logging End
	RunEndTime = (timestamp())
	RunEndMemory = heapfree

JokerMartini / Saving Scene Nodes To XML | .ms

Created October 26, 2015 18:41

Maxscript: Saves the current 3ds Max scene nodes and various object properties to an XML.

	clearlistener()
	delete objects

	--// create test scene
	fn testSceneSetup =
	(
	local nodeCount = 100

	for i = 1 to nodeCount do
	(

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