Manufacturer-based glazing data
Several glass manufacturers provide optical data to the Windows® operating system and Daylight Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (http://windows.lbl.gov).
This group maintains a database and publishes this data via a program called Optics 5. From Optics 5 you can then export a Radiance Material (*.rad file), which can be interpreted
as mental ray [...]
This tool is an assistant which controls the date and time of a Daylight System object for key moments in the year.
It will also control Text objects to display the current Time and Date of the Daylight System:
Here is a video demonstrating its usage:
You can download the tool here.
Have you ever wanted to display the material and layer names of objects in the 3ds Max Scene Explorer like this?
This can be done with a relatively simple MAXScript that you must install under the \Scripts\Startup directory of your 3ds Max installation.
By doing so, the script will execute each time 3ds Max is launched and will [...]
When you launch a floating dialog in 3ds Max such as the Material Editor or the Render Panel you may wonder where it is and how to bring it back.
This usually happens when you changed your Desktop Resolution and re-launched 3ds max.
What causes this problem?
The root of the problem comes from the fact that last [...]
If you happen to edit mental ray shaders or MaxScripts in UltraEdit, you may appreciate the attached color coding file.
Click here to download the Wordfile.txt file for UltraEdit (Right Click | Save Target As…)
Install it in your UltraEdit installation folder:
When opening a mi file you should see something like this:
If you import an FBX model from Revit in 3ds Max you will most likely see more polygonal edges than expected. Those are not extra polygons, it is simply that generally, 3ds Max hides adjacent edges by default. In the case of FBX import, meshes are created with all edges being visible – and the viewport [...]
Xrite’s Color Munki allows for calibrating monitors and measuring spectral samples. This is an excellent tool for measuring colors of materials and finishes for improved accuracy in computer renderings and simulations.
The measured color palettes can be exported from the Color Munki software as *.CxF files and read back in 3ds Max with the help of a script that I [...]
MacroScript files for 3ds Max Design 2009 created to improve the workflow of lighting analysis projects.
