http://area.autodesk.com/forum/ The Area en Copyright 2013 2013-05-19T05:11:04+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/working-with-stl-files/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/working-with-stl-files/page-last/#When:11:42:51Z Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to work out the volume of an .stl model by using a modifier/script in max at all? Thanks in advance. :) 2013-05-18T11:42:51+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/yellow-z-handle-in-rotation-gizmo/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/yellow-z-handle-in-rotation-gizmo/page-last/#When:10:36:14Z I’m new at using 3ds Max 2013, which means I know nothing. I have a minor, yet disconcerting issue with the Rotation Gizmo. The handles of all three gizmos are supposed to be red, green and blue (RGB = XYZ), and in my setup, this is true for the Move and Scale Gizmos. However, the Z rotation handle (circle) in my setup is yellow. I know the handle colors change to yellow if you hover the mouse over them, but the Z handle is yellow in all viewports prior to my doing any hovering. If I hover my mouse over the X or Y rotation circle, then the Z circle turns blue. Otherwise it is always yellow. All tutorials I’ve seen, the several books I own and the 3ds Max 2013 Help files all say and show pictures that the rotation handles should be red, green and blue. My Z is yellow. I always assume it’s me and not the software; so what have I done to make a yellow Z handle and how do I get it to be blue? RGY = XYZ just doesn’t work as a rhyming mnemonic. Thanks in advance 2013-05-18T10:36:14+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/disabling-window-ui-animations/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/disabling-window-ui-animations/page-last/#When:04:36:18Z Hey everyone, I was messing around with my 3ds Max UI today, trying to freshen things up a bit, when I noticed the "Minimize" option for the Command panel window. I quite like the way this works, although one thing is bugging me about it. When you enter or exit the Command Panel it "slides" in & out of view. Is there any way to disable this animation? Otherwise this is a pretty cool feature which I can't believe I didn't see before. :) Cheers, M. 2013-05-18T04:36:18+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/24fps-3dsmax/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/24fps-3dsmax/page-last/#When:20:38:37Z People, I made one scene in 3dsmax 2013 in 24fps. Is just a move and rotation camera animation. In another software(after effects) I made interpretfootage as 24fps, and the composite 24fps. The final move apear like droping, jumping frames, a not cool sensation, Someone, knows what the magic to solve this?? May be just montion blur, but realy, apear like 3dsmax animation interpolating as 30fps. but in begin i already set the scene to 24fps. Someone.... Regards Ricmage 2013-05-17T20:38:37+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/aerial-image-under-my-imported-site-model/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/aerial-image-under-my-imported-site-model/page-last/#When:13:20:51Z This gets a little long-winded, sorry. I had a model all set up in Autodesk Inventor. It's a construction project on a specific piece of property. For added realism, I was able to obtain an aerial photograph of the site and place it under the Inventor model - properly sized and aligned. But I want to bring this all over to 3ds Max Design (2013, if it matters). I got the whole Inventor model to come into Max. I even figured out how to do an mrSky setup so the shadows go the right way. But I want the aerial image, properly sized and aligned, in the Max scene. I've searched and seen references to using Alt+B, but it looks like that won't render. Since I know the exact size and alignment, I tried creating a big rectangle in Inventor and bringing it over to Max. Then I tried to create a material that referenced the image and apply it to the big rectangle. Now I'm stuck on fitting it to the rectangle. If I zoom way in, I can see that there are probably millions of instances of the image on the rectangle. So I went into the Slate Material Editor, double-clicked the bitmap title to get its parameters. Turned on Use Real-World Scale. But it won't go any bigger than 10,0000 x 10,000. That got it down to about a dozen images instead of so many I couldn't see them. But that's the max scale and it needs to go bigger. So am I going about this all wrong, or is there a way to fix what I've got? Thanks, Bill 2013-05-17T13:20:51+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/scene-materials-are-missing-in-materialmap-browser/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/scene-materials-are-missing-in-materialmap-browser/page-last/#When:10:22:43Z When I open any 3ds max scene I can't see maps and materials in Material/Map Browser. I still can load material libraries, but I can't find anywhere scene materials. I've attached the screen-cap to show how it looks like. 2013-05-17T10:22:43+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/different-computers-rendering-scan-lines-differently/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/different-computers-rendering-scan-lines-differently/page-last/#When:09:21:49Z 1- I am learning how to use the backburner program and finally got two computers to render an image together. Each line, there are 22, is rendered with different lighting, making the image garbage when stitched together. see attached. Is this a common problem? any fixes or other posts about this? 2- separate question- is there a way to limit the cpu usage for a job sent to the network? Thanks! 2013-05-17T09:21:49+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/3dsmax-2013-3dmax-starting-stop-and-freeze-loading-after-update-3dsmax-sp6/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/3dsmax-2013-3dmax-starting-stop-and-freeze-loading-after-update-3dsmax-sp6/page-last/#When:03:46:08Z Hello there. Any idea about my problem ? I tried several times ...( Waste waste of time) Installing Reinstalling... After install max Start without problem. After installing SP6 ... Freeze during the loading... 2013-05-17T03:46:08+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/cannot-map-and-see-on-the-mapping-frame/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/cannot-map-and-see-on-the-mapping-frame/page-last/#When:02:40:43Z Hi Guys, Please help me with this as picture shown! Appreciated! BR, Jay 2013-05-17T02:40:43+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/import-3ds-from-sketchup-+-groups-vs-no-groups/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2013/import-3ds-from-sketchup-+-groups-vs-no-groups/page-last/#When:16:40:15Z The Stuff: Max 2013 / SU 7 Hello! [color=red]BACKGROUND: [/color] 1. Created model in Sketchup > exported it as a .3ds Model [color=gray](exported by Material, ONLY current Selection / Export Texture maps preserving coordinates...)[/color] 2. In MAX imported the .3ds Model. [color=red]THE PROBLEM:[/color] When I select the objects they will not allow me to group them. I'm confused because SOME objects brought in will GROUP while at other times some objects WILL NOT group. [b][color=red]QUESTION:[/color][/b] [size=3]What am I doing that causes the objects NOT to have the GROUP ability?[/size] Thanks! -M- [color=green][u]UPDATE:[/u] So I went back and worked on the model. It seems that if I SELECT ALL the objects and try to group I can't. HOWEVER, if I select each piece one at a time I CAN Group...and then select other objects and ATTACH them individually thereafter. By doing that method I am able to create 1 group of ALL The objects...What the--????[/color] 2013-05-16T16:40:15+02:00