3dsMax 2019.1 – Attaching large amounts of meshes is up to 7 times faster

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One of the improvements of #3dsMax 2019.1 is “Attaching large amounts of meshes is up to 7 times faster”. So.. I tested it
http://cganimator.com/3dsmax-2019-1…7-times-faster/

The enhancement was done for Collapse utility. I think 3dsMax dev choose to enhance this because this is the only attach which keeps
explicit normals.I test total 4 files. I open the file and attach all geometries.
The result is… drum roll…

05_TM_manyLowRes
Obj:5616 Verts:99,686 Faces: 165,505
2019 : 3.335s
2018 : 32.724
9.81 times faster

08_Static_Many
Obj:19913 Verts:2,264,540 Faces: 3,265,430
2019 : 11.2s
2018 : 2236s
199.35 times faster

bistro
Obj:2429 Verts:2,766,360 Faces: 3,850.480
2019 : 9.5s
2018 : 546s
57.23 times faster

EmeraldSquare
Obj:29596 Verts:9,065,430 Faces: 7,722,170
2019 : 274s
2018 : 19980s
72.95 times faster

It is actually far better than 7 times!

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Interesting. I never knew about this utility. I’ve always attached objects from the Attach button of the selected object. This might come in handy with big scenes.

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If it`s anything like previous versions you`ll still have to use `Attach` as Collapse destroys material assignments etc.

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^yeah I thought collapse did a lost of nasty things, and was also not undoable!?
Treated it as one of those filthy legacy features not to touch.

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If you want to preserve material ID, use custer attach script.
If you wantr to preserve the explicit normal from CAD, you have to use this.