Chris Johnson recently made a post at CGSociety entitled 10 things every max plugin developer should do.

From Chris's post:

Here are some tips that I feel may help the overall quality of software written for 3dsmax. I have targeted those writting plugins using the c/c++ sdk. Most of the principles are very general and could apply to any project, but I feel they need to be discussed since there are so many people targeting the max SDK now a days.

Because Chris posted his advice on CGSociety.org it inspired me to start a list here of 3ds Max SDK resources online.

3ds Max Discussion Forums

• 3ds Max SDK Discussion at the Area


• CGSociety.org


• David Lanier's 3D's Community

MAXScript Script and Plug-in Repositories

• Boboland - the homepage of Borislav "Bobo" Petrov


• ScriptSpot - the largest repository of MAXScript scrtpts.


• MaxPlugins.de - a large site of MAXScripts and plugins.

Please suggest your favorite resources and I will incorporate them into this post.