MAX Plugins.de News Archive

Archived Plugin News  –  October 2022
 

Plugin Update: Modelling

Changes for v0.8.178 are:
- Adds new Distribution types: Link to, Fit to, Stretch to
- Adds the ability to Link, Stretch and Distribute between Corners, Vertices and Objects
- Adds the ability to specify the type of Corners to link: All, Start/End, Inner and Outer
- You can now specify what kind of pivot is used to anchor
- Adds an explicit indication of switching between Fusion/Clone modes
- Adds the ability to specify Distance and Object Size for Fusion
- Adds a new option to set object size: 'Use object size'
- Adds the ability to specify a negative offset from Corners, Vertices, Objects
- Adds colorizing of objects in the list depending on their own and their parent wire-colors
- Adds a new outline function for offsetting objects
- Adds an auto/manual check for updates
- The full version now ships with the Curlipse plugin
- New Demo version limitation: disable conversion to edit mesh/poly/proxy
- New Demo version limitation: objects saved with the demo version are not rendered
- Fixes a bug with redo/undo removing objects
- Fixes bugs that caused Max to crash
- Fixes an issue with interactive rendering
- Fixes an issue with generating Fusion material in the mode 'From nodes'
- Fixes bugs with memory leaks

Fusion is available for Max 2014 to 2023 and normally costs $60. You can currently get a license with a 20% discount, taking it down to $48. A demo version is available here.


New Plugin: Modelling

Slice and Dice gives Max artists the power to creatively cut up geometry while keeping the ability to fully restore objects at any point. This tool will save you hours of manual work, as it has been designed to speed up the workflow while providing complete control.

Slice and Dice is available for Max 2018 to 2023 and costs $10.


New Plugin: Utilities

J Selection Manager is designed to speed up your work by optimizing the selection of objects and hiding/showing groups of objects. Key features include:
- Select stored objects the same way as in the scene (click, ctrl+click, alt+click)
- Select objects even if they are hidden or frozen
- Quick hide/show group of objects by clicking on the corresponding button
- Allows you to store up to 40 selection sets and 40 layer sets
- Saves all settings and sets with the scene file

J Selection Manager is available for Max 2018 to 2023 and costs $8.


Plugin Update: Import / Export

Changes for v200.1 are:
- Updates Resolver 1.11.0 and Client Library 2.15.0
- Adds export with V-Ray 6 support
- Fixes V-Ray scenes not exporting correctly
- Fixes the About window not showing all fields
- Fixes failure to load texture maps with a UTF-8 name
- Fixes Y-up export failing
- Open USD now turns on all materials
- Fixes payloads being over
- Fixes no materials for NVIDIA mount assets
- Fixes the Roughness texture not being set for some materials
- Fixes the Extra Map parameters in the MDL material being exposed
- Fixes movement, textures and mdl material not applying or refreshing
- Fixes prepend not copying properly for Live Workflow
- On leaving a Live session, the proxie USD stage is now recomposed
- Improves Live workflow Merge
- Max 2020 support will be removed in 3dsMax Omniverse Connector 201 and above


Plugin Update: Modelling

Changes for v2.81 are:
- Adds support for separated velocity channel in VDB File node
- Fixes transformed VDB file for levelset to mesh
- Improves wind force behaviour for liquid simulation

AqMesher2 is available for Max 2017 to 2023 and costs $245. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Animation

Changes for v22.1.1 are:
- Adds support for Max 2023

Craft Director Studio is available for Max 2018 to 2023 and costs $399 per year. A demo version is available here.