QuickTools for 3dsmax

FAQ:

Q: What is QuickTools?
A: A collection of useful maxscripts and max features combined into one tool window. Most of the scripts I wrote myself. Some I did not write, but included as I use them regularly and find them to be extremely efficient work flow enhancers, furthermore I found no need to reinvent already solid wheels. Full credit is given to all script's authors both in the QuickTools code comments and in the "About QuickTools" section of this page, however if for some reason I have neglected to give proper credit please let me know and I will rectify any and all such oversights. Finally any tools not categorized by those first two descriptions are just standard max affairs to which I have given more convenient access, or are standard max affairs that have been slightly altered to suit certain production needs.

Q: What does it do?
A: Learn about it's utilities here.

Q: Where do I get it?
A: Download the install executable here. If your company blocks downloads of .exe files get the zip version here.

Q: How do I set it up?
A: Close 3dsmax, run the installer.

At the "Choose Install Location" screen click the "browse" button in the "Destination Folder" box, choose your root 3ds Max path
i.e "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009" or where ever your Max lives. Works with 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

When it is finished, launch 3dsmax.

Access QuickTools via the Utilities panel - Instructions here.
Or use a Hotkey - Instructions here.
Or use a ToolBar Button - Instructions here.
Or use a MenuItem - Instructions here.
Or use a right click Quad Menu - Instructions here.

Q: What if I find problems, or just want to contact you to say "Thanks for sharing"?
A: I can be reached here: shannon@shannondees.com

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About QuickTools ↑
QuickTools Panel	Tools	Click	Shift-Click	Ctrl-Click
		creates cube	creates pyramid	-
		creates sphere	creates geosphere	creates capsule
		creates cylinder	creates cone	-
		creates plane	creates gear	-
		boolean	freehand line draw	-
		centers pivot	centers pivot, moves object to 0,0,0	-
		pivot mode toggle	-	-
		aligns pivot to picked objects pivot	-	-
		places pivot at 0,0,0	places object at 0,0,0 based on pivot, no centering	-
		places pivot wherever you click in the viewport	-	-
		toggles snaps: Grid, Pivot, End Point, Mid Point, Vert	-	-
		builds bounding box around selected object, names it "No_Draw". For quick start collision.	-	-
		removes edge loop, just click one edge and click button. Removes edges and verts in loop.	-	-
		isolates object	-	-
		renders wires on selected object in render	-	-
		opens rename dialog	-	-
		boxmaps selected objects	-	-
		copies uv's from one object to another	-	-
		relaxes unwrapped uv's similar to Deep UV. Very handy for Organics.	-	-
		removes materials from selected objects	removes materials from scene	resets medit
		removes unused multi sub-object materials and collapses the materials into a new sub-object map slot. User definable options.	-	-
		adds a shell modifier	-	-
		adds a turbosmooth modifier	-	-
		adds a symmetry modifier	-	-
		adds a subdivide modifier	-	-
		adds an ePoly modifier	-	-
		hides all of each type when clicked: Lights, Cameras, Systems, Geometry	selects all of each type when clicked	freezes all of each type when clicked
		opens the object display floater	hides/shows the time trackbar	-
		opens file summary dialog	opens file properties dialog	-
		opens add a note dialog (rewritten to make editing, suppressing and deleting notes easier) Show Me!	views file notes, then on note "OK" clicked opens edit dialog to edit or add notes	Suppresses the file's notes
		opens layer manager dialog	-	-
		opens light lister dialog	-	-
		opens units setup dialog	-	-
Gear Script by - Adam Wierzchowski Copy Uv's Script by - Kees Rijnen, Nick Waanders Relax Uv's Script by - Carl van Heezik Collapse Multi Sub-Object Material Script by - Neil Blevins Toggle Timetrack script by - Jon Seagull

QuickTools Set Up ↑
Utility Panel		Floating Window
Select QuickTools from the MaxScript Drop Down Menu:		Via Hot key, Toolbar Icon, Run command, or "Display As Floater" Button on Utility Panel:

To set HotKey, ToolBar icon, QuadMenu, or MenuBar Menu access:
Hotkey: ↑		Toolbar: ↑
Menubar > Customize > Customize User Interface... > Keyboard Tab: Select the QuickTools Category from the drop down menu:		Menubar > Customize > Customize User Interface... > Toolbars Tab: Select the QuickTools Category from the drop down menu:

Select "Launch QuickTools":		Select "Launch QuickTools":

Set Hot key		Drag to Toolbar:

MenuItem: ↑		QuadMenu: ↑
Menubar > Customize > Customize User Interface... > Menus Tab: Select the QuickTools Category from the drop down menu:		Menubar > Customize > Customize User Interface... > Quads Tab: Select the QuickTools Category from the drop down menu:

Create a new menu item, name it QuickTools. Select "Launch QuickTools", Drag it into the new menu item (or drag as many of the "Actions" as desired) Switch the Drop Down Selector back to "Main Menu Bar" Drag the new QuickTools menu item from the "Menus" box and drop it into the desired location in the menus:		Select "Launch QuickTools", Drag it into preferred Quad placement:

Select "QuickTools" from Menu:		Right click in Viewport, select "QuickTools":

Add A Pop-up Note: Redone ↑
Standard Max Add Notes Edit Dialog	QuickTools Add Notes Edit Dialog
The standard add notes dialog only has an add note button, requiring a separate operation to view, suppress, or delete file comments:	QuickTools Modified add notes dialog has options to add, view, suppress and delete notes all from the main dialog box. Author slot automatically fills in the current User's name, which can of course be changed.

Resulting Standard Max Add Notes Message Box	Resulting QuickTools Add Notes Message Box
Displays the comments as seen below:	Window title displays comment info, file notes are structured for easier reading: