3D SDK and Scripting Mayhem
Topics of interest to people customizing Autodesk M&E products using SDKs and scripting APIs by SDK Subject Matter Expert Christopher Diggins.
Creating an Undoable Python Command for Maya
A new video from the YouTube Maya learning channel shows how to create an undoable Python command plug-in and demonstrates the particle system.
Cross Platform C# Game Development with MonoGame
With Microsoft 8, Microsoft's support for XNA seemed to have evaporated. However a new open-source C# project called MonoGame loosely based on XNA seems poised to fill the C# game development gap and to go further than I had ever imagined, delivering a cross platform game development experience.
An Introduction to MAXScript
A simple MAXScript tutorial in the form of a MAXScript program that procedurally creates a walking stick-figure and animates a camera associated with the viewport.
Project Sci-Viz: Molecular Graphics in 3ds Max
Two weeks ago we launched Project Sci-Viz on labs. Sci-Viz is an experimental technology designed to enable popular 3rd party molecular graphics toolkits written in Python.
MAXScript - Mouse Tools for Vertex Weighting during Skinning
To help make vertex weighting easier during the skinning process, I collaborated with Amer Yassine from the 3ds Max YouTube learning channel to come up with a MAXScript mouse tool.
Dynamically Compiling and Running C# Scripts for 3ds Max
Once you know how it is surprisingly easy to compile C# dynamically using the System libraries. Today I'm going to share with you a simple editor plug-in for 3ds Max 2013 that can run C# like a scripting language. With a little modification of the source you can compile and run C# scripts for any application.
SDK and Scripting Classes at Autodesk University
For uses of M&E products there will be a number of scripting and SDK classes at Autodesk University. AU is going to be held from November 27th to November 29th at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas.
Embedding a Web Server in 3ds Max using .NET
In today’s blog post I’ll show how to embed a web server in 3ds Max using .NET that executes MAXScript commands sent over an HTTP connection. This is a surprisingly easy tecnique which could be used to remote control 3ds Max from a JavaScript embedded in a web-page or from a Python process running on the same machine or remotely.
MAXScript - Baking Animation Transforms
Today I'm going to show a MAXScript solution for baking animation transforms to helper objects from bones.
Calling Python from C# using XML RPC
I was facing an interesting challenge. I wanted a .NET application to inform a Python script running on the same machine whenever a particular event occured. I discovered that using XML RPC was a very easy an effective way to achieve this.
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