Create own Default folder structure

Corona Corona for 3ds Max General
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Hello,

I want to create my own Default folder structure when Setting up my current project folder.

There are far to many folder and subfolders and here at the company where i am working they have their own structure that I have to use and I don’t want to do this manually every time I am working on a new project.
can someone help me with some standard max folder organsation stuff?
i want to use my own created folder structure in Max and not the Default one by Autodesk that will be created every time i setup a new project.
it seems people have the same issue since 2014 … is there no other way?

The Script isnt there anymore … maybe someon know how to fix the problem without it? :slight_smile:

thanks in advance.

Thanks in advance

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I feel the same pain, but I have a workaround which is sufficient for my needs. I get one project set up the way I want it, either through Customize/Configure Project Paths… or by editing the .mxp of the current project with a text editor. As long as your folder paths are written as relative (Images=.\sceneassets\images) instead of absolute (Images=C:\AwesomeProject\sceneassets\images), then this will work cleanly from one project to the next. Then, instead of choosing “Create Default” when setting up a new project, I use “Create from Current” which is the next button to the right in the toolbar. There’s probably a way of editing the default project folder structure, but I think it’s hidden away in an .ini file somewhere and the way I do it now works for me so I’ve never bothered to figure it out.

Edit to add: For a folder you don’t want in your structure, don’t delete the line from the .mxp or the Customize/Configure Project Paths… configurator. Instead, just make that path "." and the folder won’t get created. For instance, in my configuration I have "Sounds=." and it doesn’t create a sounds folder, but Max is still satisfied that the Sounds folder is accounted for because I think it’s hard coded into an .ini file somewhere.

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I think the script you are looking for is in the comments of your link:

fn createCustomProjectFolder dir: subdirs: =
(
	if (makeDir dir) do
	(
		local sioFile = dotnetclass "System.IO.File"
		local dirstrings = #("[Directories]",("ProjectFolder="+dir))
		local mxp = pathConfig.appendPath dir ((pathConfig.stripPathToLeaf dir)+".mxp")
		for n in subdirs do 
		(	
			makeDir (pathConfig.appendPath dir n)
			case n of
			(
				"maps": append dirstrings @"Images=.\maps"
				"ies": append dirstrings @"Photometric=.\ies"
				"proxy": join dirstrings #(@"Export=.\proxy",@"Import=.\proxy")
				"scenes": append dirstrings @"Scenes=.\scenes"
				"render": append dirstrings @"RenderOutput=.\render"
			)
			if finditem subdirs "xrefs" != 0 do join dirstrings #(@"[XReferenceDirs]", @"Dir1=.\xrefs")
			if finditem subdirs "maps" != 0 do join dirstrings #(@"[BitmapDirs]",@"Dir1=.\maps")
			sioFile.WriteAllLines mxp dirstrings ; pathConfig.setCurrentProjectFolder dir
		)
	)
)
createCustomProjectFolder dir:@"C:\temp\dussiaProject" subdirs:#("maps", "ies", "proxy", "scenes", "xrefs", "render")

works just fine.

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thank you both! i have to try it next time i setup a new project … i also asked on the Autodeskforums but it seems no one is intrested in solving this issue :frowning: