hi all,

is it possible to create a shortcut for the ‘show cage’ toggle under the ‘subdivision surface’ rollout of editable poly? (max 2008)

Have you checked in the “Customize UI” tab yet? It lists all the available shortcuts.

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I don’t find the “Show cage” command in the Customize User interface…
but as an alternative you can write your own macroscript and link that one to a hotkey in the Customize user interface menu.

example:

macroscript showcage category:"HowTo"
(
if $.showcage==off then
$.showcage = on
else
$.showcage = off
)

When you apply a hotkey to the command..look under the MAIN UI and category “HowTo”

/zarre

3dsMax 2008
Final Render
Windows Xp (32bit)
2 x 3,4GHz, 3GB RAM, Quadro NVS 285

Zarillo, thanks for the reply.  i couldn’t find it in the ‘customisation’ area either and my next question was going to be whether someone could help me with a simple script so your reply is perfect!

thanks again

just one more thing…

i added the macro to the quad menu in the ‘Context Edit Poly Tools’ but the command shows even when i’m not in edit poly mode.

is there a way to make the macro context-sensitive?

TIA

Hello.

I did some modifications..and I guess it should work like you want it to now.

macroscript EPoly_showcage
enabledIn:#("max", “viz")
ButtonText:"Show Cage”
category:"Editable Polygon Object”
internalCategory:"Editable Polygon Object”
Tooltip:"Show Cage (Poly)”
(
On IsEnabled Return Filters.Is_EPoly()
On IsVisible Return Filters.Is_EPoly()

On Execute Do
(
Try (
if $.showcage==off then
$.showcage = on
else
$.showcage = off
)
Catch(MessageBox “Operation Failed” Title:"Poly Editing")
)
)

/Zarillo

3dsMax 2008
Final Render
Windows Xp (32bit)
2 x 3,4GHz, 3GB RAM, Quadro NVS 285

Zarillo, sorry for the late reply.  thanks for your help with this.  i haven’t had time to try it out but i will do this weekend once work slows down and i have some time to myself!