3ds Max Scripting

Corona Corona Common General CG Discussion
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Hey Guys
Where to I find help on scripting - I have a repetitive task of selecting objects converting them to poly and welding the vets - I tried the script listen but is saves a selection set not the whole object vertices

Cheers

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Hi,

just check max script help and search the web. http://www.scriptspot.com and https://forums.cgsociety.org are good resources for script stuff if you are stuck.

Although this is has been the “I need help” section regarding Corona, here is a quickly written script as a start for you. It converts to Poly, adds a vertex weld modifier with a threshold of your choice (thres) and then collapses the stack:


thres=0.01 -- vertex weld threshold

for o in $selection do (

	try (
		format "Processing object '%1'\n" o.name
		ConvertTo o Editable_Poly
		addmodifier o (vertexweld())
		o.vertexweld.threshold=thres
		maxOps.CollapseNodeTo o 1 true
		)
	catch (
		format "Error processing object '%1'\n" o.name
	)
)

Good Luck

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This also: MAXScript 101 on Vimeo