Doors and Windows

[glorybound]

Is there some kind of plugin for Windows and doors? MAX's Windows and doors are pretty weak. Some nice details perimetric Windows and doors would be great.

[joconnell]

Could be another job for railclone - their tutorial on windows is bananas and it wouldn't take you long to make a few models that'd cover most of your architectural styles?

[AlexP]

Yep railclone is your man.
We have (started) a library for windows, doors, glazing etc.

[dean_dmoo]

Same here, works really well.

[glorybound]

Package it up and sell it on Turbosquid. I'll be your first buyer.

[glorybound]

When I was in Revit, I built a family that housed all my doors and one for my windows. Basically, I had two families that gave me any door or window I needed.

[dean_dmoo]

Exactly the same principle. Although I found that in RC when you have too many "families" within the same RC and you want to edit it in parts that aren't set-up in the parameters it becomes difficult to keep an overview in the node editor. So now I've split them up (for example with curtain walls into single layer, double layer, triple layer, etc) to make it easy to customise them.

I've found that keeping the RC's "dumb" is actually faster than adding too much into a single RC.

[glorybound]

Good to know. I'll try to set aside some time to see if I can build some.

[tzaar]

Maybe this can be of interest? Not tried myself, but been meaning to do so and thought of it when I saw this post
http://cgpress.org/archives/doors-and-handles-mcg.html

[glorybound]

That looks promising, but what is an MSC file?

[tzaar]

MCG stands for Max Creation Graph. A visual node based scripting/programming editor for Max. In many ways it's awesome. And lots of cool tools, modifiers and what not has come out of it. But one could also be a bit mean and say it's autodesk reply to endless request of "can't we have this or that in max" and they made something so people can build things themselves instead. Like "why can't max do what rail clone can?" here you go, build rail clone yourself!

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/suppo...126B9-htm.html

edit: MCG, was introduced in Max 2016 (if I remember correctly)

also quick overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN5NXLDjH1s

[glorybound]

Got it, thanks!

[mitviz]

is this only for max 2016? mcg seems really powerful

[Vizioen]

I've tried making mine with MCG but god, MCG is just plain awful, it's way too complex. If you don't know anything about programming you're done for. They could've made grasshoper (Rhinoceros 3d plugin) but no they had to make something that is not at all user friendly.