Texmap Clipboard Utility Plugin Version 2.01

Synopsis:
This is a Texture/Map clipboard utility for 3DS Max.  It allows drag and drop of texmaps and provides temporary storage to help manage the moving of texmaps around within complex material/map hierarchies.  This utility also allows you to reload the bitmaps in bitmap texmaps without having to dig through the materials editor to get at the maps.

Motivation:
Material hierarchies in max can get really complex and sometimes you just need a place to drop texmaps temporarily.  This can be especially useful when doing things like moving all the maps from a standard material to a raytraced one.  The bitmap reload button was added because sometimes, while working on several texture maps at once in a paint program,  it can get really tedious to track down and reload all those maps individually within max.  With the reload button, you just keep an instance of the texmaps your are working on in the clipboard, and after saving the images from the paint program, just hit the reload buttons to get Max to update it's cached maps.

Installation:
Just put this plugin in your 3DS Max plugin path and the Texmap Clipboard can be found in the utilities panel in max..

Usage:
Just drag texmaps onto the buttons.  To reload bitmaps, just click the green reload button.

To Be Done:
Save/Load would be nice.  Maybe also adding the color clipboard directly to these panels would be nice too.

General:
The usual disclaimers apply - Blur studio cannot support or guarantee this thing in any way. Its gratis - enjoy.
If you have any comments or questions, direct them to blurbeta@blur.com - If we have the time, we'll do what
we can.  See also:  the license agreement. our generic readme, this plugin's current bug list.

You may not distribute this without permission from blur studio.

If you use it, your company has cool T-Shirts, and your looking for a way to show your gratitude, send a shirt or two to:

R&D at Blur Studio, Inc.
1130 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291

software@blur.com
Scott Kirvan - Blur.

Last Modified : 07/22/99