3d object packing in 3dsmax

[super gnu]

is there a plugin which algorithmically packs 3d objects into a mesh volume? the whole "pour things into the top to fill it up" using dynamics doesnt really cut it.

i did find "autopack"

http://www.autopack.org/

but, apart from a very confusing website, it only supports up to max 2015. i tried it and it doesnt work. even if it did, it seems enormously un-user-friendly.

[glorybound]

Wowza, that's a website from 2008 . Sorry, I don't have an answer for you.

[Franx]

I've made gabion walls using MassFX. Worked good albeit a bit time consuming. But I'd alos like to know if there is an easier way to do this sort of stuff.

[fixeighted]

Out of interest, what is the exercise and why is MassFX or similar not a simple way of achieving it?

Gabion walls can be made by using a voronoi fracture script and subsequently smoothing the individual pieces, if that helps

[Franx]

Out of interest, what is the exercise and why is MassFX or similar not a simple way of achieving it?

Gabion walls can be made by using a voronoi fracture script and subsequently smoothing the individual pieces, if that helps

Cool trick! I'll try that next time...