Scene Explorer Tweaks for File Linked Data

Pierre-Felix Breton — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:58:11 +0000

Have you ever wanted to display the material and layer names of objects in the 3ds Max Scene Explorer?

Or what about listing the type of object as well as its material name and type?

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 instruct the Scene Explorer to fetch data about your objects and create new columns that you can drag and drop in place:

Material Name
Material Type
Object Plugin Type
Layer Name

Save Target as… to download the MAXScript

Save Target as… to download the SceneExplorer.ini file that you can load from the Tools > Manage Scene Explorers dialog.

Using Layer Filters for File Linking Complex Models

Pierre-Felix Breton — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:29:18 +0000

When you File Link a complex DWG model in 3ds Max, you might want to consider leveraging the Layers Filters feature from AutoCAD as well as the “skip frozen” layers from File Link. With a little bit of standardization, you can streamline your AutoCAD to 3ds Max workflow and gain efficiency.

This video demonstrates how to do it:

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Scene Explorer Tweaks for File Linked Data

Using Layer Filters for File Linking Complex Models