Grant Adam has recompiled all of his freeware and commercial plugins for Max 2023. A list of what is available can be found here.

Changes for v1.84 are:
- Adds support for Max 2023
- Fixes a bug where texture paths would not be created

Din3D Importer is available for Max 2010 to 2023 and costs €59. A demo version is available here.

MaxPDB lets you import PDB files directly into Max, providing a multitude of rendering and visualization options. Atoms can be displayed as particles, geometry or bonds.

MaxPDB is available for Max 2022 to 2023 and costs $500. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v2.0 are:
- Removes the Global Arrays from the previous update
- The script now automatically selects target objects when executing search
- Replaces the [Select] button with a [Clear] button
- Adds a property editor (with search field) to change any property of the selected class
- Adds counts to ClassList items
- Adds [_All*] and [_Selected*] to the Class List
- Adds [Position, Rotation, Scale, WireColor, Name] to object properties
- Adds [Name] to materials/maps/modifiers properties
- Adds various ways of incrementing values, both randomly and calculated
- Renaming objects/materials/maps now always adds a number at the end
- You can now start to increment names from a specific number
- Randomize/increment transform can now be done in multiple ways
- Adds the ability to change/clear a property inside arrays
- There are now no spinners, so all numbers should be typed into the textBox
- There is now NO Filter when picking objects, so pick carefully
- You can no longer use 0/1 to change BooleanClasses, you have to use True/False or On/Off
- If [Keep] is unchecked, [Apply to selected] always applies the change to the current selection
- When applying a new material/map with a sub-material, you can now keep the old one as the sub
- When clearing material/map by class, it can now be replaced with one of its sub-materials

Universal Select By is available for Max 2016 to 2023 and costs $25.

If you are a plugin developer with source code for plugins that you don't develop anymore, it would be great if you could get in touch with me. I would be glad to recompile as many old plugins as possible to stop them from disappearing for ever. Just mail me to let me know what sort of stuff you've got.

Dave

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